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Amos Named 2nd Vice President of Division II Conference Commissioners Association

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Mountain East Conference Commissioner Reid Amos has been selected by his peers to serve as the 2nd Vice President of the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) for 2023-24.
 
Lone Star Conference Commissioner Jay Poerner is the new D2 CCA President and Great Northwest Athletic Conference Commissioner David Haglund will be the 1st Vice President. Amos will ascend to 1st Vice President in 2024-25 and will be the association’s President in 2025-26.
 
“It is an honor and privilege to be asked to serve as a D2 CCA officer for the next three years,” said Amos. “I look forward to providing leadership alongside Jay Poerner and Dave Haglund and collaborating with my CCA colleagues as we work together on behalf of our member institutions and student-athletes during a crucial time of great change in college athletics.”
 
Amos was the unanimous choice by the MEC Board of Directors to serve as the league’s first commissioner and is entering his 11th year leading the league.
 
In addition to his duties as the MEC’s commissioner, Amos has consistently played a leading role within NCAA Division II sport and governance committees. He concludes two years as chair of the NCAA Division II Championships committee when his term concludes in September. Amos has also served and chaired the DII Football Committee and Men’s Golf Committee.
 
Prior to the recent appointment, Amos has been active within D2 CCA as Chair of the Sport Administration Committee and Chair of the External Relations Committee. He is additionally a member of the NCAA’s Officiating Steering Committee, which serves all three divisions.
 
About D2 CCA: Initiated in 1992 to promote its member conferences and institutions, D2 CCA has made its mark in providing a united front for NCAA Division II athletics. Created after the break-up of the College Division Commissioners Association, the D2 CCA continues to create lines of communication and opportunities for its member conferences. The D2 CCA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 59th year. For more information on NACDA and the 18 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.
 
About the MEC: The Mountain East Conference features 12 NCAA Division II member colleges and universities located in three states. The league sponsors 23 NCAA championship sports. MEC teams have won six NCAA team national championships, have played in 13 NCAA Championship games, and won 42 regional championships. MEC student-athletes also excel in the classroom with over 2,600 earning academic recognition in 2022-23. The league has also produced ten Elite 90 award winners, recognizing the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who has reached the site of the finals for each of the NCAA's 90 men's and women's championships across its three divisions. The Mountain East Conference is headquartered in Bridgeport, West Virginia.