After the intensity and discussion that resulted from the First Team All-American list, the NCDA will now present the Second Team All-American list for the first time since the 2012-2013 season. There were certainly a lot of great options in a year with more talent than ever before. Listed below are this years Second Team members as selected by their peers.
Nationals 2017 was the NCDA’s 199th ranked event since we began accurate records in the 2011 season. We had 57 matches at Nationals 2017, in a 286 ranked match season. There were 304 event items in all, and 32 active member teams this year. After the Championship, this is where the League stands at the end of the 2017 Season: Continue reading “Standings as of 2017-04-11”
The National Collegiate Dodgeball Association’s 2017 Executive of the Year is awarded to Erik Zander from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Since its inception in 2015, this award is meant to showcase the outstanding officership of an individual over the course of the season. As administrators, we interact with Member Team representatives and follow their work with a different kind of attention. These individuals have made our lives easier, in addition to making exceptional improvements with their respective teams.
2015 – William Deutsch [PSU]
2016 – Caleb Arnold [Ohio]
2017 – Erik Zander [UWP]
This honor is bestowed upon Erik after a vote of the entire NCDA Executive Board, and we presented it at the 2017 Captains’ Meeting. Erik was nominated last year for the 2016 Exec of the Year Award which went to Caleb Arnold [Ohio]. There were a lot of great choices this year, and additional nominations for 2017 went to: Hunter Ford (VCU), Kyle Shaw (Miami), Zachary Parise (UK), Nick Johnson (WKU), Kyle Dattelbaum (UNG), Adam Pfeifer (Akron), Logan Rohloff (GVSU).
Here’s a short interview with Erik.
Continue reading “2017 Club Executive of the Year: Erik Zander (UWP)”
Nationals 2017 came to a close just over a week ago, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start looking forward to next season. As we enter the off-season, I figured I might as well begin the discussion on the 2017-18 version of NCDA Dodgeball. Listed below is my way-too-early top 25 rankings for next year, with some brief explanations for each team.
2017-04-01 – Begin Nominations for open Executive Board positions (President, Treasurer, Director of Officiating)
2017-04-11 – End of 2017 Season, Begin Off Season
2017-05-01 – Begin Vote for Nationals 2017 Host
2017-05-06 – End Vote for Nationals 2017 Host (no later than)
2017-05-08 – Announce Nationals 2017 Host (no later than)
2017-05-31 – End Nominations for Executive Board
2017-06-05 – Board Nominees must accept nominations (no later than) and submit a “campaign” info paragraph
2017-06-15 – Begin Vote for open Executive Board positions (President, Treasurer, Director of Officiating)
2017-06-25 – End Vote for open Executive Board positions
2017-06-28 – Announce votes privately to the current Board, contact winners of election (no later than)
2017-06-30 – Winners accept/deny their position (no later than)
2017-06-30 – End 2016-2017 NCDA Fiscal Year
2017-07-01 – Begin 2017-2018 NCDA Fiscal Year
2017-07-01 – Announce Executive Board (no later than)
2017-07-15 – Begin Vote on Rulebook, Bylaws, and Policy
2017-07-31 – End Vote on Rulebook, Bylaws, and Policy
2017-08-01 – Begin 2017 Season
2017-08-10 – Announce results of Vote (no later than). Results take effect at publishing datetime.
2017-09-01 – Publish 2018 Rulebook, Bylaws, and Policy
2017-12-31 – Member Teams pay League Membership Fee (no later than)
Another year of college dodgeball is in the books. While we continue to recover from what was another exciting year playing the best sport on earth, we do have some big news to share.
Listed below are the 15 individuals selected as 2017 College Dodgeball All-Americans. Each of these players did an outstanding job on the court this season, and are more than deserving of this recognition.
Along with each name on this list is a brief description, written by a member of the NCDA Content team. Congratulations to each of these athletes for etching their name into the NCDA history books as College Dodgeball All-Americans!
Also, please note that we will be releasing the second team (players ranked 16-30) later this week. Stay on the lookout for that.
Without further ado… here are your 2017 All-Americans:
Over a week has passed since Nationals and the dust has had a little bit of time to settle. Congratulations to the Lakers of Grand Valley State once again on their tremendous season. With that being said, no on else in the league cares anymore, we’re ready to move onto the next season. There are a lot of things to look forward to even before the start of next year including All-American and MVP voting coming soon, voting on rule changes, and selecting the next host for Nationals in 2018.
I wanted to take the time to present some interesting thoughts for next season as a nice buffer for what will be some intense discussion tomorrow.
Let’s take a look at some interesting predictions.
Continue reading “Bold Predictions for the 2017-2018 Season”
“Hey Kentucky” came out and shot some real great clips at Nationals 2017. See interviews from President Felix Perrone, Director Jacob Leski, Director Colin Hiatt, Brandon Engelman, and Zac Brown / Zachary Parise from UK. Thanks to Alan Ducker and the crew of Hey Kentucky for coming out! Continue reading “Hey Kentucky Features Nationals 2017”
Well folks, another season of NCDA Dodgeball has come and gone. Another year of this amazing thing we call college dodgeball.
Nationals 2017, hosted by University of Kentucky, was one of the best final tournaments in our league’s history. Listed below are some initial takeaways that I had (starting with the top finishing teams, and wandering around from there). Also here are the results from the tournament: Continue reading “Nationals 2017 Review”
So I heard the NCDA had a tournament this weekend. I also heard that Grand Valley won… again. I can’t say that is a surprising result to hear, but congratulations to the Lakers… again. That being said, there are a few other takeaways we can gather from this weekend. Here’s my take from everything I heard and saw from this year in the NCDA: Continue reading “Outside Reaction to Nationals”
LEXINGTON – Seaton Center, “Court 2” presented by SAVAGE Apparel, Nationals 2017: GVSU def CMU 2-1 in the 2017 Championship Match.
Grand Valley State University Club Dodgeball is the National Champion for the 2017 college dodgeball season. At the conclusion of the 57 match event, the Director of Nationals, Colin Hiatt [UK, #44-C], along with the rest of the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association Executive Board, presented the Championship trophy to Brandon Meisel, GV Captain on Sunday afternoon.
The 2017 Season included 286 ranked matches and 304 events, with 32 participating Member Teams. The NCDA has 836 registered members across 27 States as of 2017-04-11.
This is GVSU’s fifth consecutive National title, in addition to being their ninth National title overall. This was the 13th National Championship for Collegiate Dodgeball competition; the NCDA was founded April 9th, 2005.
GVSU was the top rated team (56.623) going into Nationals, and was seeded #1 in the Tournament Bracket with a 57.213. They finish the 2017 Season with 29 wins and 3 losses, including going 4-2 in overtime. Defeating #2 ranked CMU in the 2017 Championship, they also finish the season with the current highest Gonzalez rating of all time, 59.240. The past record (58.206) was set by GV at the end of the 2016 Season.
LEXINGTON – Seaton/Johnson Centers, Nationals 2017: Continue reading “Nationals 2017 Results”
For those commentating at Nationals 2017, or just those interested in seeing who is on which team this year, the rosters for each team are listed below.
Disclaimer: These rankings have zero impact on seeding for the National Tournament or actual ranking. They provide insight into where teams are currently performing during a given part of the season.
Here it is. The final power rankings of the season. Hope you all enjoy it on your ride down to Lexington and get a kick out of it as much as I did writing it. I tried to insert as many “Dodgeball” quotes as I could, comment how many you think you found. First to guess it correctly gets “Two expired movie passes and a free body massage from Peter LaFleur.” But for real, see how many you can find.
For those easily offended, please do not read any further…
Continue reading “Final Power Rankings for the 2016-17 Season”
Felix Perrone – League President
Mike McNicholas – League Treasurer
Zigmas Maloni – Director of Officiating (and Records)
Kevin Bailey – Chief of Content
Jacob Leski – Director of League Expansion & Retention Colin Hiatt – Director of Nationals 2017
Present Member Teams: DePaul, Kent, OSU, MSU, GVSU, UK, BGSU, SVSU, WKU, CMU, UWP, Miami, NSU, UMD, JMU, Towson, VCU, PSU, Akron, Ohio, UVA, UNG, CSU, and featuring UWW
Non-present Members: UNL, UNT, SU, BW, Pitt, NIU, GSU, MC Continue reading “2017 Captains’ Meeting Agenda”
