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4 unusual facts about NAIA


Canadian Football Act

It is also unlikely than any future act will be passed to ever effect American college football, such as the NCAA and NAIA, who have or have had teams based in Canada and bowl games hosted in Canadian cities, with no opposition.

Joe Micchia

Joseph "Joe" Micchia (born December 30, 1966) is a former NAIA Division II All-American quarterback at Westminster College (Pennsylvania).

Michael E. Long

On August 12, 2013, Long was named as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY upon the departure of former coach Ken Dagostino, who left to coach at NAIA school Ave Maria.

Northwest Nazarene Crusaders

Along with the Eastern Nazarene College, it is one of only two Nazarene colleges to compete in the NCAA; the other six compete in the NAIA.


1949–50 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

He won the Chuck Taylor Award as the Most Valuable Player of the Year in the NAIA, he was also selected to the NAIA All-American team.

1956 college football season

Unbeaten Montana State University met Saint Joseph's College, Indiana in the Aluminum Bowl at Little Rock in the first playoff to determine the NAIA small college championship, and played to a scoreless tie.

1999 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1999 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the only time for now NAIA Tournament.

2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team

Detroit played host to the Madonna University Crusaders, an NAIA school in the Titans' first exhibition game of the season.

Andrews Avenue

From the roundabout across from the Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum, the avenue continues along the southern side of Newport City, a mixed-use development facing the NAIA Terminal 3.

It runs for approximately 900 meters beneath the short NAIA Expressway of the Manila Skyway as it heads southwesterly across the Villamor Air Base and Villamor Golf Course toward Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.

Andy Stokes

In 2004, Stokes was awarded third-team NAIA All-America and first-team All-MSFA honors.

Ashley Martin

The only earlier female player to score in a college football game was Liz Heaston, who kicked for Willamette University, an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school, in 1997.

Liz Heaston had previously kicked two extra points for NAIA Willamette University on October 18, 1997 in a game against Linfield College.

Bob Bass

Bass served as the head basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist for 15 years and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1966, when his team won the NAIA national title.

Cameron Beckman

Beckman was the 1991 NAIA individual champion.

Central Carroll High School

The band was invited to play at the NAIA College Football National Championship Game in December 2010, representing National Champion, Carroll College, and represented Carroll College again in the 2011 NAIA title game.

Clarence Gaines

Gaines was named the CIAA coach of the year a record six times (1957, 61, 63, 70, 75, 80); received the CIAA Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach Award eight times (1953, 57, 60, 61, 63, 66, 70, 77); was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame (1975), NAIA Helms Hall of Fame (1968) and N.C. Sports Hall of Fame (1978) and received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

Clint Longley

Longley finished the year guiding his team to 11 straight victories and the NAIA championship.

College of Charleston Cougars

The men's basketball team won the NAIA national title in 1983 and made four trips to the NCAA Tournament (1994, 1997, 1998 and 1999) under the leadership of former head coach John Kresse.

Corn Palace

Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers (NAIA Basketball)

D. W. Rutledge

A native of Houston, Texas, Rutledge attended Sam Houston High School and later the Texas Lutheran University, where he captained the school's 1974 NAIA Division II National Championship team and was a Kodak All-American linebacker for head coach Jim Wacker.

Damian Miller

Miller attended Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and as a junior was named the NAIA District 14 Player of the Year and helped lead his team to the NAIA seminifinals.

Desmond Armstrong

In 1999, he became the head coach of the Montreat College Cavaliers in Montreat, North Carolina which play in the NAIA.

Dillon Baxter

In May 2012, Baxter enrolled at Baker University, a small NAIA school in Baldwin City, Kansas.

Elon Phoenix

The football team won NAIA national titles in 1980 and 1981 under Coach Jerry Tolley, who was named national coach of the year for the 1980 season.

Erik Williams

He played college football at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he was an NAIA All-American offensive lineman.

Flex offense

Also, Gordie James of Willamette University used the flex offense to lead the Bearcats to the 1993 NAIA Division II National Championship.

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Georgetown Tigers football

Kevin Donley has been one of the most successful coaches in NAIA football.

Huntington Township, Huntington County, Indiana

Member of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame.

Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats

The volleyball team also lost in the opening round of the NAIA tournament, falling to Dordt College.

However, IWU received an at-large bid to the NAIA National Tournament, where, though favored, they lost in the first round against William Jewell College.

Jamie Mueller

Mueller played college football at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas where he was a two-time NAIA All-American.

Joel Dolinski

Dolinski served as the offensive line coach as well as the compliance coordinator for all sports (NAIA).

Justin Kripps

At Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC), Kripps led the 4 x 100 m team (Justin Kripps, Neal Hurtubise, Rob Drapala, Brett Robinson) to All-American honors and a school record at the 2005 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Louisville, Kentucky (SFU Athletics, 2009 & NAIA 2005).

Kansas Conference

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA

Katie Hnida

Hnida is the third woman to have scored in a college football game, after Liz Heaston, who played for NAIA Willamette University in 1997, and Ashley Martin, who played for NCAA Division I-AA Jacksonville State University in 2001.

Linfield College

Top athletics alumni include former New York Yankee Scott Brosius, who graduated from Linfield and now is the head baseball coach at the college; former San Diego Charger Brett Elliott, the quarterback of the 2004 championship team; and former Miami Dolphins general manager, Randy Mueller, quarterback of Linfield's 1982 NAIA Championship squad.

Manuel Narvaez

He has played in the NBDL, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with Santurce Crabbers, Coamo Marathon Runners, Ponce Lions, Bayamón Cowboys, Morovis Titans, and the Isabela Gallitos.

Mike Avery

He was honored with two honorable mention NAIA All-American selections and was a four times All-Conference player.

Neathan Gibson

Gibson played four years of college soccer at Lynn University, where he was a first team NAIA All-American and claimed Most Valuable Player Award laurels in the 1994 National Collegiate Senior Bowl.

Oakland County Cruisers

College baseball remains popular in Ypsilanti: Eastern Michigan University won a NAIA national championship in 1971 and made it all the way to the championship game of the NCAA College World Series in 1976 before losing to Arizona.

Pete Shinnick

Shinnick previously served as the head coach of UNC Pembroke in Pembroke, North Carolina between 2005 and 2014 as well as the NAIA's Azusa Pacific Cougars between 1999 and 2005.

Peter Guarasci

Guarasci then transferred to Simon Fraser University where he played in 1995 and 1996 and was named 1996 NAIA conference player of the year.

Richard Benigno

In 1989, his senior season, Benigno was a Third Team NAIA All American.

Shaun Pendleton

In 1991, he moved to Lynn University which played in the NAIA.

SSAC

Southern States Athletic Conference, a NAIA athletic conference in the United States.

Transportation in Metro Manila

However, both NAIA and Clark International Airport, located in the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles, Pampanga serve the Manila area, with CIA catering mostly to low-cost carriers that avail themselves of the lower landing fees than those charged at NAIA.

Walt Schmotolocha

In 1962, Pratt lost to East Stroudsbourg in the NAIA championship game.

Youngstown State Penguins

Historically, YSU is associated with longtime coach Dwight "Dike" Beede, who, after noticing on-field confusion due to officials using whistles to signal a penalty, invented the penalty flag during a game in 1941 against now-NAIA member Oklahoma City.


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