- Dominican University ranks in the top tier of Midwest regional universities, according to U.S. News & World Report—which also cited Dominican as a best value for nine years in a row.
- The University is a member of NCAA Division II and offers 13 intercollegiate sports at the Division II level (six men’s sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, soccer, track and field; and seven women’s sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball).
- Many students choose Eastern New Mexico University for its personal touch, accredited academic programs and affordable costs. ENMU offers a variety of services to help students succeed in their academic, personal and professional lives. That's why our slogan is "Student Success—that's what it's all about!" ENMU, which opened in 1934, will celebrate 75 years of student success in 2009.
- On a regional basis, the University competes in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) , the Southwest Soccer Conference (men’s soccer) and the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (men’s and women’s rodeo teams). ENMU joins fellow LSC members using SIDEARM including rom the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference (also recently signed) joining
Abilene Christian, Angelo State (recently signed),
Central Oklahoma,
Incarnate Word,
Tarleton State,
Texas Woman’s, and
West Texas A&M.
For more information about the University, visit www.enmu.edu/
The Empire 8 (N.Y.)
- The Empire 8 is made up of nine teams in which four of its members are clients of SIDEARM Sports.
Ithaca,
Nazareth,
RIT, and
St. John Fisher.
- In the Fall of 1999, the EAA officially became the Empire 8 which evolved into a comprehensive conference for 13 sports for men and women. The members of the Empire 8 are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and aspire to be regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership seeks to distinguish itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the Empire 8.
- Since 2001 we have created and implemented innovative and groundbreaking sportsmanship programming. Many of our initiatives have received great publicity, including features in USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The NCAA News, and various athletic profession publications. We now pride ourselves as being a nationwide leader in sportsmanship education and policy.
- HPU is more than an excellent university with outstanding and rigorous academic programs, an ideal location, faculty who are well-respected in their fields, students from all over the world who come to learn in a multicultural environment, and a service orientation emphasizing individualized attention to each student. It is also a comprehensive university offering a number of unique experiences, events, and traditions for its students, faculty, and staff as well as the community.
- Students come from over 100 countries to study at HPU, making it one of the most diverse campuses in the world.
- HPU offers a competitive athletic program with ten men's and/or women's varsity teams including tennis, basketball, baseball, and golf, among others. HPU's Cheerleading Squad and HPU's Dance Team have both received national championship titles.
For more information about this University, visit www.hpu.edu
Holy Family University (Pa.)
- Founded in 1954 by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Holy Family University is a comprehensive four-year university based in Philadelphia. About half of the University’s 3,500 students are enrolled on a full- or part-time basis in the traditional undergraduate program. The remaining students are adults enrolled in graduate programs or accelerated degree programs designed for working adults.
- More than 45 degree programs are available from four schools: Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education, and Nursing & Allied Health Professions. Continuing education and accelerated degree programs are offered by the Division of Extended Learning.
- IPFW is the second team from the NCAA DI Summit League to build a SIDEARM powered site joining
IUPUI.
- The Mastodons field sports including baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball and women's track and field.
- The fifth largest university in the state, IPFW's campus spans 682 acres with 40 buildings and structures.
For more information about the University, visit www.ipfw.edu
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- NCAA DIII’s Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference becomes the first school or conference to sign with SIDEARM from the state of Iowa. SIDEARM now has schools or conferences in 48 of the 50 states.
- The conference hosts men’s teams in baseball, football, and wrestling, as well as both men’s and women’s teams in cross country, basketball, track and field, swimming and diving, golf, soccer, and tennis. It also hosts women's teams in softball and volleyball.
- The conference consists of nine schools, all private, all with enrollment between 1,100 and 2,800. They consist of: Buena Vista University, Central College, Coe College, Cornell College, University of Dubuque, Loras College, Luther College, Simpson College, and Wartburg College. All of which are in the sate of Iowa.
-The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was formed with 12 charter members in January 1923 when its first constitution was written.
The Lone Star Conference
- The Conference hosts sixteen sports (eight men’s and eight women’s) including baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, outdoor track and field and volleyball.
- The conference consists of fourteen public institutions as well as two private institutions, making sixteen schools in all. Six of the schools come from Oklahoma, nine from the state of Texas, and one from New Mexico.
- Notable athletes that came from the Lone Star Conference include Johnny Knox (pro-bowl wide receiver from Abilene Christian University), Avery Johnson (former NBA point guard and coach from Cameron University) and Gene Upshaw (NFL Hall of Famer from Texas A&M University-Kingsville).
McPherson College (Kan.)
- Members of the NAIA Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), McPherson joins
Friends and
Ottawa as a part of the SIDEARM Sports team.
- Current Athletic Programs include Baseball (New first season spring 2011), men’s basketball, women’s basketball, cheerleading, dance team, men’s & women’s cross country, football, men’s & women's soccer, softball, men’s & women’s tennis, men's and women's track and field, volleyball.
- A very successful athletic program among its recent accomplishments McPherson men’s soccer – 2008 KCAC Tournament Champions, 2008 NAIA National Tournament Qualifiers, 2009 KCAC Regular Season Champions (9-0 conference record); football – 2009 NAIA Football Championship Series Qualifiers, 2009 KCAC Regular Runner-up, 2009 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 – 12th Final ranking and men's basketball – 2009-10 NAIA Division II National Tournament Qualifier.
Morehouse College (Ga.)
- Morehouse is the second member of the NCAA DII
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (also a SIDEARM client) joining
Fort Valley State.
- Morehouse has a goal of being the finest liberal arts college in the nation. Period. Not the finest historically black college, or Southern institution, or institution with similar enrollments or backgrounds.
The Wall Street Journal listed Morehouse as one of the top colleges in sending students to some of the most elite professional’s schools in the nation. Also,
Black Enterprise has listed the college as the No. 1 college in the nation for educating African Americans.
- Under the leadership of Director of Athletics, Andre Pattillo ’79, Morehouse ensures that its student-athletes have access to all of the College’s resources, to help them excel as athletes and students. Because of that dedication, Morehouse is a perennial leader in student-athlete graduation rates among all schools in the state of Georgia and annually meets or exceeds the national average.
Newman University (Kan.)
- Newman was admitted to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level on a provisional basis on July 11, 2006, with a transition process beginning in the 2006-07 academic year. On July 24, 2008, the institution was removed from its provisional status and became a full member of the NCAA DII effective Sept. 1, 2008.
- Newman University is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts institution offering associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees.
Nova Southeastern University (Fla.)
- NSU competes in NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference and joins fellow member
Eckerd with a SIDEARM-powered site.
- Nova Southeastern University offers 15 intercollegiate athletic programs with nine women's and six men's teams. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball, while men can participate in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track.
- NSU Athletics has produced numerous SSC Players of the Year, NCAA All-Region selections and NCAA All-Americans, and have been nationally ranked in numerous sports since joining the NCAA beginning with the 2002-03 school-year. The Sunshine State Conference has been dubbed the Division II "Conference of National Champions", as member institutions have won 68 national championships since the SSC was founded in 1975.
- Today, NSU is the nation’s seventh largest, not-for-profit, independent university, with more than 28,000 students and 103,000 alumni; a sprawling, 300-acre Fort Lauderdale-Davie campus; and a presence in nine countries around the world. Through five decades of explosive growth, our reputation for academic excellence and innovation continues to flourish.
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
- Point Loma Nazarene competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as a member of the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). The university fields 14 intercollegiate sport teams: men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's golf, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's track and field. Golf is the only non-GSAC sport.
- PLNU is the third member of the GSAC to build a SIDEARM-powered site joining Biola and Fresno Pacific.
- Point Loma is a Christian liberal arts college, its main
campus located on the Point Loma oceanfront in San Diego, California. It was founded as a Bible college 1902 by the Church of the Nazarene.
- Located in San Diego, a city bustling with business opportunities, Point Loma has excellent opportunities for its current students and alumni. Known for its outstanding biotech, telecommunications, and high-tech industries in particular, San Diego is the ideal place to study, intern and work. San Diego is also a nexus for international business with its close proximity to Mexico and the Pacific Rim.
Portland State University (Ore.)
- Portland State is the second school to join the SIDEARM team along with
Montana State from the NCAA Division I
Big Sky Conference (also a SIDEARM client).
- The Vikings field sports programs including football, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, volleyball, women’s soccer, women’s golf and softball.
- Portland State is a center of opportunity for nearly 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Located in Portland, Oregon, one of the nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through internships and classroom projects with community partners.
For more information about this University, visit www.pdx.edu
SCAD-Atlanta (Ga.)
- SCAD-Atlanta is a growing affiliate of the main Savannah College of Art and Design campus (also a SIDEARM athletic client) located in Savannah, Ga. Both the main
SCAD campus athletics program and SCAD-Atlanta are affiliated with the NAIA.
- SCAD-Atlanta is just embarking on formulation of an athletic program and residing in in the center of a fast-paced major metropolitan marketplace such as Atlanta, there are numerous opportunities for its student-athletes and their arts pursuit during and after graduation with more than 100 art galleries and 1,000 international businesses.
- The vibrant and expanding SCAD facilities foster collaboration and innovation. Near the Woodruff Arts Center and High Museum of Art, 1600 Peachtree is a 312,000-square-foot art and design center complete with classrooms, galleries, computer labs, library, dining hall, student lounge and fitness center.
- Additional SCAD facilities include residence halls, a swimming pool, an acclaimed sculpture studio, the historic Ivy Hall writing center, and a new 60,000-square-foot digital media center for majors such as animation, visual effects and television producing.
For more information about the University, visit www.scad.edu
Valley Forge Christian College (Pa.)
- Valley Forge Christian College joins a growing list of SIDEARM Sports clients of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association.
- VFCC is a regionally accredited Christian college of Arts, Sciences, and Professions on a beautiful 106-acre Chester County campus, with 25 undergraduate majors, 4 graduate majors and dozens of credentialed and dedicated professors—all committed to the VFCC mission to prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and the world.
- Varsity sports at VFCC include Women’s Soccer, Men's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball and Baseball. Men’s Volleyball is available as a club sport.
For more information about this university, visit http://www.vfcc.edu/
West Liberty University (W. Va.)
- West Liberty University is the third member of the NCAA DII West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (also a client) using SIDEARM to power their sites joining
Concord and
Charleston.
- West Liberty University’s Intercollegiate Athletics Program is an integral part of the institution’s total educational mission. The Hilltoppers offer the following programs including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, co-ed cheerleading, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track, wrestling.
- The bulk of its student body comes from the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, eastern portions of Ohio and areas of Western Pennsylvania. While elementary and secondary education are the most selected majors, WLU also provides a variety of other majors including digital media design, hospitality and tourism management, and forensic science. With the opening of the newly-built Media Arts Center, West Liberty students now have access to a television studio, recording studio, and digital media labs. West Liberty University is West Virginia's oldest institution of higher education.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- The nine institutions of the WIAC have a total student-enrollment of approximately 70,000. In 2006, the WIAC leveraged that vast enrollment of its member schools to became the first and only conference in the history of Division III to enter into its own television broadcast agreement resulting in dozens of WIAC regular-season and championship events appearing on Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin and Charter OnDemand during the academic year.
- Year in and year out, WIAC institutions rank near the top of the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup final standings symbolizing the finest all-around Division III collegiate programs in the country. The 2008-09 final standings found five of the nine WIAC institutions in the Top 17--UW-Stevens Point (7th), UW-La Crosse (11th), UW-Eau Claire (12th), UW-Whitewater (15th) and UW-Oshkosh (17th). These rankings are even more remarkable when considering there are nearly 450 institutions in Division III.
The vibrant and expanding SCAD facilities foster collaboration and innovation. Near the Woodruff Arts Center and High Museum of Art, 1600 Peachtree is a 312,000-square-foot art and design center complete with classrooms, galleries, computer labs, library, dining hall, student lounge and fitness center.
About ICS
Founded in 1996 by Jeff Rubin, Syracuse, NY based Internet Consulting Services, Inc. has spent the past 14 years providing clients with innovative technological solutions for their web needs. Since its founding, ICS has pioneered technologies in web design, content management systems, e-commerce solutions, and many other areas. With over a decade of experience and hundreds of satisfied clients, we are confident that we can provide you with a solution to fit your needs.
About SIDEARM SportsThe athletics division of ICS was branded SIDEARM Sports in the fall of 2009 and the name is built around the SIDEARM athletic website software. The web-based content management solution that includes everything from press release and roster management, dynamic scoreboards, sponsorship recognition, interactive polls,
SIDEARM DMG (Digital Media Guide),
SIDEARM STATS (live in-game statistics),
streaming audio and video,
photo gallery,
online storefront,
blogging,
podcasting,
SMS alerts, newsletter and recruiting components,
mobile website version, and much more!!
ICS has a client list that includes more than 375 athletic clients from around the country including Cornell University, Davidson College, Drexel University, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Illinois University, the University of Hawai'i, Ithaca College, The College of New Jersey, New York University, Syracuse University and many other NCAA DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA and collegiate conferences. ICS has a staff of approximately a dozen developers who possess a variety of expertise in graphic design, database management, information security management, web-based user interface design, and e-commerce business transaction management.
Whether you need an updated athletics Website or a complete overhaul of your website, we have the knowledge, experience, and desire to serve you at the highest level possible. Your complete satisfaction is our number one priority. Feel free to browse our website to see the broad range of services offered or to contact us to discuss your particular needs.
For more information about ICS's SIDEARM Sports Management software and other features we offer such as live stats, live audio and video streaming, visit our features section, or contact us today
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