INDIANAPOLIS---For
the fifth consecutive year, all 88 NCAA championships will receive
television exposure, including 16 winter championships to be featured
in a one-hour special.
“CBS
Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA” will air at 1 p.m. Eastern,
10 a.m. Pacific Saturday, May 5, on CBS Sports. Highlights and stories
from fencing, ice hockey, indoor track & field, rifle, skiing,
swimming & diving and wrestling will be featured in the program.
Some of the student-athlete stories to be featured in the program include:
Maddy
Outman, a junior from Williams College provides an extremely
inspirational story. She participated in NCAA Division III Indoor Track
and Field Championships as she overcame drug, alcohol and sexual abuse
to participate in the long jump, 55-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and
4x400-meter relay helping Williams win its first national championship
in indoor or outdoor track and field.Marcus
LeVesseur, a senior from Augsburg College in Minneapolis capped off a
brilliant NCAA Division III wrestling career by winning the 165-pound
weight class. He finished his career undefeated, 155-0. LeVesseur is
only the second collegiate wrestler to finish his career unbeaten and
untied (Cael Sanderson, Iowa State, 1998-2002).The
Plattsburgh State University of New York women’s ice hockey team
avenged last year’s loss in the NCAA Division III final to Middlebury
College. The Cardinals ended the season 27-0-2, becoming the first team
in women’s collegiate hockey history (all-divisions) to go undefeated.
- John
and Robert Dohring, junior twins from Occidental College achieved 1-2
twin finishes in the one and three meter diving finals at the NCAA
Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.
- Katelin
Rains, a sophomore from Minnesota State University, Mankato shattered
the pole vault record going over 14 feet at the NCAA Division II Indoor
Track & Field Championships.
Through
the NCAA-CBS 11-year bundled rights agreement, CBS Sports has aired 13
seasonal shows from the three NCAA sports seasons (fall, winter,
spring) over the last five years. This Saturday’s show is the 14th
edition. The seasonal shows typically feature highlights and unique
NCAA student-athlete stories from the Division II and III championships.
CBS
Sports’ Seth Davis will serve as the host of “CBS Sports Presents
Championships of the NCAA.” This is second seasonal show that Davis
will host as he hosted the show last spring. He has served as
contributor for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s
Basketball Championship for the past four years. Davis joined CBS
Sports in 2003 as a contributor for AT THE HALF, the network's college
basketball halftime show. For the second consecutive year, the winter
highlight show (CBS Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA) was
produced by Joseph E. Zappulla. Steve McKee, Jason Ross and Bruce
Schein served as feature producers.
For more information on the NCAA winter champions, log on to www.NCAAsports.com.
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