The new NCAA Division 2 athletic conference being formed from teams that are leaving the Gulf South Conference and the Lone Star Conference has found its Commisioner.
Will Prewitt, an Associate Commisioner in D2’s West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has accepted an offer to serve as Commisioner for the as yet unnamed new conference. (Personally, I think they should call it Balladeer’s Conference just for the heck of it) Prewitt, a native of Williamsburg, KY, is leaving the WVIAC in December after 11 years with the conference.
“It’s an incredible opportunity to get (in) on the ground floor and be involved with every part of a league as it forms and grows,” Prewitt told the Charleston Daily Mail this week.
“Will brings a wealth of experience that will aid in formulating policy for the new conference,” said Harding University President David B Burks, the chairman of the search committee.
The 6 teams leaving the Gulf South Conference to join the new league are the UAM Boll Weevils, Arkansas Tech Wonderboys, Harding Bisons (they go by Bisons, not Bison), Henderson State Reddies, Ouachita Baptist Tigers and Southern Arkansas Muleriders.
The 3 teams leaving the Lone Star Conference to join are the East Central Tigers, Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm and Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs. Readers of Balladeer’s Blog will recognize 4 of my 20 Coolest-Named Teams In NCAA Division 2 in the new conference’s lineup.
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