Mid 5 Conference

Member Schools

Fountain State Univ.

Mockingbird Valley Univ.

Univ. Of Tulip Drive

Orange Mountain State Univ.

McGregor University

“The Mid 5 strives to achieve the highest academics, promote personal growth,

encourage student-athletes to create a competitive atmosphere, push student-athletes to express the highest level of

sportsmanship and community involvement.”

Our Mission

1. Student-athletes are held to our highest academic standard in the classroom

2. All men and women of member schools are encouraged to live a full life of high character

3. Student-athletes are supported by the Mid 5 to compete with the highest level of competitiveness

4. While competing, student-athletes are insisted to display the highest level of sportsmanship

5. Student athletes strive to better each community of member schools and provide positive role models for the community’s youth

Our Goals & Objectives

Goal 1-More student-athlete community involvement

Objective 1-Each team will complete up to 4 different types of community involvement projects

Goal 2-Maintain graduation rate of 73%

Objective 2-Instruct student-athletes to hold team study tables 2x a week

Conference Roster

Women’s Sports Men’s Sports

SoccerCross countryBasketballIndoor T &FOutdoor T & FSoftballVolleyballLacrosseSwimming

FootballCross CountryBasketballIndoor T & FOutdoor T & FBaseballLacrosseSoccerSwimming

o Complete 100 hours of community service 

o Maintain a GPA of 2.7 

o Have 2 all-conference or all-academic athletes from each program 

o Be within top 3 of the conference in 3 sports 

o Have one program with a Mid 5 conference championship

As an athletic department you must:

Marketing

Athletic DirectorsNic Haskins and Cody Begly

Orange Mountain State Univ. Mockingbird Valley

Univ.

• Football Rivalry • Red Devils vs. Mud Cats-Mockingbird valley, KY

o 100 year battle for the Mud Bowl Presented by TGI Fridays

• Basketball Rivalry • Roadrunners vs. Coyotes

o Battle of the Hardwood presented by Adidas

• Tactics• How to create a “buzz”

o Pep rally o Rivalry week/weekend o Conference radio talk show with coaches and players of rival schools- Mid-

5 conference radio • Marketing Tactics

o News stations-TV and radio o Word of mouth o Ads on social media networks o Advertisements in the rivalry schools campus paper

Heartbeat of our Conference

CommunicationsAthletic DirectorKameron Larimer

Univ. Of Tulip Drive

Our commercial

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbYqARrYy8&feature=youtu.be

Communication Tactics

• Committee Goals/Objectives:o No academic fraud from any of the member institutions

o No reason to believe that any of the schools were fraudulent in the handling of any of their respective student athletes

o Keep the student athlete image of all conference players from their respective sport high by having them perform acts to improve the community and local charities

o Have the kids stay out of trouble on the social media side

Communication Tactics

• Committee Tactics:o Monitor all athletes grades and make all coaches send

progress reports quarterly for all student athletes

o Set a certain amount of community service hours all teams have to do as a group to build comrade and public image for member schools.

o Insist all players take a class showing them the do’s and don’ts of social media

Communication Tactics • Evaluation Strategies:

o Review the academics of each institution monthly

o During community events we can ask people their thoughts on the athletes of the respective universities

o We will monitor all players’ twitter accounts.

Compliance

Athletic Director Ellis Whitt

McGregor University

 

*Previous semester GPA for freshmen starts after their first completed semester of coursework.

• The eligibility of athletes will be measured by credit hours completed, overall GPA and the previous semesters GPA

• If the goals are not met, the athlete in question will be placed on academic parole until they are able to reach our academic requirements.

Eligibility

Drug Policy

• To comply with NCAA rules we will not allow athletes to use or be in possession of alcohol or drugs

• Any school that should fail to enforce their drug and alcohol policy or fail to handle any incidences involving student athletes, we reserve the rights to take corrective action.

Compliance office

• Failure to comply with any of the aforementioned policies will result in disciplinary action by the Mid 5

• If a member school is unable to determine a course of action to resolve the incident, notify the Mid 5

Compliance events

• Convocations

• Don’t bet on it

• School events-Mac events -athlete meeting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mulJpjJh29k

Thank you!