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CHARLOTTE, NC - The NJCAA has announced the 2025-26 Committee Chairs for the 45 committees that were selected by Board Chair Troy Tucker, Board Vice Chair Kerri Ann McTiernan, Men's Administrator Rob Nielson, Women's Administrator Mary Young, and Sports Governance Chair Darin Monroe.&nbsp;
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Among the chairs for the 45 committees is Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Commissioner Mike Saddler along with Region 6 Men&rsquo;s Director Jake Ripple, Region 6 Women&rsquo;s Director Tony Tompkins, Region 6 Assistant Men&rsquo;s Director Josh Gooch, and Region 6 Assistant Women&rsquo;s Director Riann Mullis as the five will serve as committee chairs for a total of six committees.
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Each of the five will return as committee chairs for committees that they were chairs for during the 2024-25 academic year, with Saddler serving as committee chair of two different committees. In addition to being the committee chair for D1 baseball, Saddler will chair the newly created Championships/Alignment Committee that will oversee current regional structure and all championships host site selections with Marci Henry (NJCAA Region 9) serving as vice chair.
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Other committee chair assignments from NJCAA Region 6 include Ripple serving as committee chair for the D1 Football committee, Tompkins overseeing the D2 Women&rsquo;s Basketball committee, Gooch serving as chair for the D1 Men&rsquo;s Golf committee, and Mullis serving as chair of the D2 Volleyball committee.
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As committee chairs, duties include leading weekly calls with their respective committees, conducting national rankings, assisting with postseason at-large and seeding selections, and All-America selections. In addition to these roles, chairs complete committee-related assignments and annual NJCAA Convention tasks. In some cases, chairs will attend their respective national championship(s).
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In addition to committee chair assignments, eight different individuals from the KJCCC will be members on a total of 14 different committees for the 2025-26 academic year. Committee assignments for KJCCC (NJCAA Region 6) representatives are as follows:
 Doug Desmarteau &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D2 Men&rsquo;s Soccer Committee, NJCAA Clay Target Shooting Committee Josh Gooch &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA Track &amp; Field Committee, NJCAA D1 Volleyball Committee Greg McVey &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D1 Women&rsquo;s Soccer Committee, NJCAA Competitive Cheerleading Committee, NJCAA Women&rsquo;s Flag Football Committee Riann Mullis &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA Wrestling Committee Mike Pilosof &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D1 Women&rsquo;s Golf Committee, NJCAA D1 Men&rsquo;s Soccer Committee, NJCAA Men&rsquo;s Volleyball Committee Jake Ripple &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D1 Women&rsquo;s Basketball Committee Mike Saddler &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D1 Men&rsquo;s Basketball Committee Tony Tompkins &ndash;&nbsp;NJCAA D2 Women&rsquo;s Soccer Committee</div>

NJCAA announces 2025-26 committee chairs, committee assignments