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Division I Women's Basketball Championship

 

 

Championship Link

Seeds

Schedule

Championship Information

Championship Bracket (opens .pdf file)

Region Information

 

Thank you GPSN!   Once the championship matches begin, you can watch all DI National Championship Matches live for free on the Game Plan Sports Network. GPSN is an online community for all NCCAA Fans.  Tournament DVD's will be available at the tournament location, and for online ordering.   (This is a complimentary service being made available to you through the kindness of GPSN.  In the event of technical challenges at this venue, please be patient as we work to remedy any problems.)

 

 

Seeds

#1 – California Baptist University

#2 – Cedarville University

#3 – Bluefield College

#4 – Emmanuel College

#5 – Grace College

#6 – Mount Vernon Nazarene University

#7 – Roberts Wesleyan College

#8 – Colorado Christian University

 

Results

Champions:  Colorado Christian University

2nd Place:  Cedarville University

3rd Place:  Grace College

4th Place:  Mt. Vernon Nazarene University

5th Place:  Emmanuel College

6th Place:  Bluefield College

7th Place:  California Baptist University

8th Place:  Roberts Wesleyan College

 

Thursday

 

 

Schedule:

Day 1:

#1     California Baptist University

#8     Colorado Christian University

 

#4     Emmanuel College

#5     Grace College

 

#3     Bluefield College

#6     Mount Vernon Nazarene University

 

#2     Cedarville University

#7     Roberts Wesleyan College

 

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2012 Championship Information

 

2012 NCCAA WBBK National Tourney – Team/Coaching Guidelines and Info

WIRELESS at OCU – Following are the Username and password for the free wireless in the OCU gym/Leadership Center

Name of the Wireless Connection: NationalTourn2012

Password: Basket2012

 

Laundry Procedures - OCU will launder one set of uniforms per day per team. Please give the uniforms to the laundry personnel immediately following your game. Uniforms laundered will be available in your locker room the next day. All teams will have an assigned bin to put uniforms in and will be responsible for returning that bin to our laundry services at the end of the tournament. We will launder uniforms only, no extra items. Laundry services will not be available after Saturday's games. If you have any other special needs in this area please feel free to ask our staff.

 

PARADE of CHAMPIONS –The Parade of Champions will take place immediately following the 6:00pm game on Thursday. Please be there by 7:30. Make sure every team dresses the same – Travel Sweats preferred - (NO HATS OR IPODS). We will line the teams up in the hallway opposite of the main lobby. All teams will line up from highest to lowest seeds and enter the gym through the double doors in the locker room hallway. We will have instructions on how to proceed from there. Basically, we are going to announce your team, you will come out on the main floor and line up until all the teams are announced. Coaches will join their teams in the line as well. 

 

BANQUET – Will be on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. This is for teams and team personnel only. We will have a meal, Award presentation, worship time and Speaker from SCORE. Dress should be Semi Formal.

 

CSP – Will be at the Mid Ohio Foodbank. Please be at the site on time as you have been assigned. Please see the attached Document for details:

9-12:00                         1:30-4:00

KCU                  Maranatha

Clearwater         Grace

Valley Forge      Hillsdale

Trinity               OCU

 

NCCAA Student Athlete Information Cards– Please be sure to complete the info card that the NCCAA has provided for each athlete.

 

Book of JOHN – Please be sure to pass out to each athlete and encourage to give it away or read if they don’t know Jesus Christ as their Savior.

 

Statistical Information - Statistics will be distributed to coaches of each participating team at half-time and after each game. Statistics will also be available in the hospitality room at the conclusion of each game and will be posted on line at the OCU Tournament website.

 

Media - A game DVD will be provided to participating teams and coaches as soon as possible at the conclusion of each contest.

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Coaches Meetings - All-American Meeting, (for regional chairs only) held on Wednesday, March 7th at 8:30am in the Business Conference Room.

National Coaches Meeting, intended for all NCCAA II women's basketball coaches, will be held on Friday, March 9^th at 8:30am in the Great Room of the Science and Logistics Center.

 

Concessions - Food will be available for purchase by all guests. The concession stand is located in the Leadership Center lobby, just inside the main entrance.

 

Parking - All team vehicles can park in one of the Leadership Center parking lots, and all teams will enter through the Leadership Center main entrance. Teams with large busses should park behind the Leadership Center.

 

Tournament Hospitality Room - All tournament staff, coaches, and officials are invited to enjoy refreshments in the hospitality room, located in the Great Room of the Science and Logistics Center.

 

Souvenirs - Each participant will receive a free tournament t-shirt. Other items will be available for sale by Fine Designs in the Leadership Center lobby, just inside the main entrance.

 

Pre-Game Announcing – Before the lineups begin we ask that each team line up across their free throw line. Prayer and National Anthem will be done for each game. Then we ask that the teams greet each other at the center line. Starting lineups will then be announced alternately.

 

Warming up at the half of the game before you – Yes, but your athletes have to be in FULL UNIFORM or their WARMUPS

 

Practice time and Shoot arounds – there will be no practices other than the Wed slot already planned or shoot arounds made available to any team.

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TV and Radio broadcasts:   (Per NCCAA by laws)

 

“Radio and Television coverage of National Championship  competition may be arranged through the Executive Director (Dan Wood).  Requests must be submitted in writing to the Executive Director, and subsequent written approval must be obtained.  If approved, a $100 per game or $250 per championship must be paid to the National Office before the first broadcast.”     (Section 7.06  Bylaws) page 36)

NCCAA Phone: 864-250-1199

dwood@thenccaa.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 Championship Chaplain
 

Shanna Zolman-Crossley

 

Shanna is a spokesperson for SCORE International. SCORE is a non-profit ministry that takes groups on short-term missions trips. Shanna is currently playing in the WNBA for the Tulsa Shock. She attended college at the University of Tennessee and graduated with a degree in broadcasting. Following her collegiate career she was selected, in the WNBA draft, by the San Antonio Silver Stars. Shanna played at Wawasee High School in Syracuse, Indiana. In her high school career she scored 3,085 points, passing former University of Purdue Guard Stephanie White-McCarty (2,869) as most in Indiana basketball history. She led the state in scoring each of her 4 years at Wawasee High School, while posting a career scoring average of 33.2 points per game. She holds the national high school record in three categories: all-time consecutive free-throws (70), career free-throw percentage (93.5%) and season free-throw percentage (95.4%). She was named Miss Basketball in Indiana her senior year, WBCA All-American, participated in the 2002 WBCA All-American Game and she played in the 2002 McDonald’s All-American Game, the first ever held for high school girls. Shanna scored 21 points and handed out 5 assists in the game, and she was named co-MVP for her efforts.

 

Shanna holds the NCAA single season (.957 in 2003-04) and career (.916) free-throw percentage records. She broke several Lady Vol records during her 4 years, including Single Game 3-pointers (7), Single Season 3-Pointers (103), Career 3-Pointers (266), Career-Point Percentage (.425), Single Season Free Throw Percentage (.957) and Career Free Throw Percentage (.916). She is the 9^th highest scorer in Tennessee Volunteer’s women’s basketball history (1,806).

 

On April 5, 2006, Shanna was the 16^th overall draft selection of the WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars. Shanna played the 2006, 2007 and 2009 seasons with the San Antonio Silver Stars where she averaged 7.0 points per game in 13.8 minutes per contest. During the 2008 WNBA Preseason, Shanna  tore her ACL in her left knee during a contest against the Detroit Shock. She injured her knee on the 2^nd offensive possession of the game. Her 2009 season was also cut short due to an injury. In the 2009 off-season Shanna was traded to the Tulsa Shock. In her first year at Tulsa she averaged 9.7 points per game while playing an average of 21.3 minutes per game. Her game high for the year was 21 points against the NY Liberty where she was 6 for 6 from the free-throw line. She hit 5 3-pointers per game 5 times in 2010.

 

Shanna is a strong believer in community service. She has volunteered her time with Race for the Cure, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Toyota Literacy program and she is an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In 2008 she created the All Things Basketball Camp, an annual event for 5^th-12^th grade girls in the San Antonio area. Shanna has traveled on several basketball mission’s trips with SCORE International and enjoys sharing her Faith wherever she goes. 

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