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Chancellor Harris says mens basketball and
womens volleyball the first two sports as
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Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:00 am

Athletics at Indiana
University Kokomo have
been a topic of
Posted on Feb 17, 2011
discussion over the
by Steve Geiselman
years. Should the
university field some
kind of athletic team, even at the NAIA level?

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All the discussion can end or at least take a different
direction after chancellor Dr. Michael Harris tweeted the
following: IUK will begin mens basketball and
womens volleyball. We plan more intercollegiate
athletics. Its about student success and community.

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The prospect of intercollegiate athletics at IU Kokomo

has lingered in the background for years. Now Harris
said it will become a reality at the campus.

Michael Harris

We are going to begin a club teams in the fall, Harris

said. Even though its a club team, we will put it
together in a manner that will follow all regulations of
the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics) to make sure that when the time is right we
will be able to apply and be in a conference. Our hope is
to do one year of club and the following year to join the
conference.
The university has had field club teams before in mens
basketball and supported a womens softball team that
played in a local recreational league. The club level
mens basketball team would often play against NAIA
teams, but the club faded in the mid-1990s.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) is the governing body for collegiate sports for
smaller institutions, much like the NCAA is for larger
school. There are 13 different sports offered by the
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divisions within the NAIA. Indiana Wesleyan University

in Marion is a Division II NAIA school, for example.
Adding athletics will happen at IU Kokomo, Harris said.
The effort to add athletics will be ongoing and
persistent.
We will begin with mens basketball and womens
volleyball at the club level, he explained. Next winter
we will add at least two more sports. What the next two
will be we havent completely determined at this point.
What we want to do is start these two club teams to
create enthusiasm, support and a sense of community on
campus and in the city and beyond. We will grow and
develop it as fast as we can develop the supporting
processes.
Harris said athletics will greatly enhance the college
experience for everyone involved.
Sports at the NAIA level is what collegiate sport is
about, he said. Its not about preparing tomorrows
NBA players. Its about kids that played through high
school and want to continue to play and create a sense of

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The way I look at it, it is an opportunity to enhance a sense of academic excellence, a sense of student success, a
sense of community, a sense of belonging, a sense of pride, a sense of ownership of the community of Indiana
University Kokomo and to connect students to the university, Harris said. The issue isnt, do we have basketball
and volleyball or we dont. The issue is all of the great things that come with it and its impact on the community, the
students and the staff. We are going to move ahead in that direction. We have a very clear vision.

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