Malone University Receives Official Approval For Move To NCAA Div. II

July 21, 2010 /
Malone University athletics has officially been granted approval for membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Div. II, the University’s athletic director Charlie Grimes announced today.

A current and long-time member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Malone will still hold NAIA membership for the next two years (2010-11 and 2011-12) and will also be in its first two (of three) years of exploratory membership with NCAA Div. II. Malone will be eligible for NAIA postseason competition for the 2010-11 season. After 2010-11 and 2011-12, Malone will hold its third and final year of NCAA Div. II exploratory membership in the 2012-13 year. In that year, Malone will no longer be a member of the NAIA and will also not yet be eligible for NCAA Div. II postseason competition. Malone will be a full member of NCAA Div. II beginning in the fourth year (2013-14).

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