University Faculty and Staff
UofL’s commitment to institutional control and maintaining NCAA compliance is a campus-wide, shared responsibility. This responsibility includes the obligation, per NCAA rules, for UofL faculty and staff to report suspected or potential NCAA violations.
The following guidelines summarize the NCAA rules related to an institutional employee’s involvement with student-athletes and prospective student-athletes:
- A faculty or staff member should never provide a student-athlete an extra benefit. By NCAA definition, an extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interest to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete family member or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.
- A faculty or staff member should never make any academic exceptions that result in a grade change, academic credit or fulfilment of a graduation requirement when such an exception is not generally available to the institution’s students.
- A faculty or staff member should never provide supplies, such as computers, printers, or cell phones, for a student-athlete that are not generally available to the student body.
- Student-athletes may receive an occasional meal in the locale of the institution on infrequent and special occasions from an institutional staff member. An institutional staff member may provide reasonable local transportation to student-athlete to attend such meals.
- An athletics department staff member may arrange academic interviews for a prospective student-athlete on an unofficial visit.
- NCAA Academic Misconduct Guide
If you have an academic integrity concerns, please contact Krista Wallace-Boaz, Faculty Athletics Representative. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Office of Athletic Compliance.
Committee on Academic Performance
The Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) is composed of the faculty members of the Board of Directors and chaired by the FAR. The Committee has the authority to examine and evaluate the academic performance of all candidates for intercollegiate athletic teams, to determine their eligibility for competition in intercollegiate athletic teams, to determine their eligibility for competition in intercollegiate athletics in accordance with NCAA Constitution, Article 2, and to take any other action regarding such candidates as may seem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Any resulting determinations or actions shall be based upon the academic standards and regulations of the University and its academic units.
Academic Representatives:
Krista Wallace-Boaz, Chair (Faculty Athletics Representative)
Melissa Barnes
Jeremy Clark
Carolyn Klinge
Meg Hancock
Brandon McCormack
Sharon Moore
Sherri Wallace
Athletics Representatives:
Amy Calabrese, Deputy AD/Senior Woman Administrator
John Carns, Senior Associate AD/Compliance
Marvin Mitchell, Deputy AD/Student Services and Diversity
Justin Ruffin, Associate AD/Academic Services
Lauren Rust, Associate AD/Compliance and Sport Administration
Scott Sallade, Associate AD/Student Services
Christina Peasley, Director/Compliance
Committees
Committee on Academic Performance (CAP)
Staff Senate
