Division I Regional Leadership Conference
The NCAA Division I Regional Leadership Conference provides student-athletes, coaches and administrators with pertinent and customized sessions that teach the leadership skills needed to impact student-athlete development on campus, at the conference, within Division I, and beyond. Sessions offered at the conference will allow participants a greater understanding of the NCAA, the Division I governance and legislation process, and the Division I National Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Other issues like; sportsmanship, diversity, nutrition, mental health, game environment will allow participants to explore how to play an active role, as an agent of change, in reference to these critical topics. Using the knowledge gained at the conference, participants will set out to create positive and lasting change throughout the NCAA structure, their communities and the world. This is a three-day, weekend conference and is provided at no cost to all institutions that are eligible to attend.

The following is a list of participants:
2011
Nicole Banker, Women's Track & Field
Deanna Brown, Women's Track & Field
John Davenport, Men's Track & Field
Jessie Echerd, Women's Track & Field
David Miller, Men's Lacrosse
Zack Ray, Men's Track & Field

APPLE, Athletic Prevention Programming and Leadership Education
The Athletic Prevention Programming and Leadership Education (APPLE) conference provides training to an "athletic prevention team" on the APPLE model, a comprehensive design for improving substance abuse prevention programming and policies in the athletics department. The athletic prevention team may include, but is not limited to, athletics administrators, athletic trainers, life skills coordinators, coaches, and health educators and must include at least two student athletes. The seven impact areas are known as the "slices of the APPLE" and include recruitment practices; polices; drug testing; tobacco and other drug-education programs; sanctioning; referral and counseling; and exceptions and attitudes.

The following is a list of participants:
2011
Zack Ray, Men's Track & Field

2012
Paul O'Neil, Wrestling
Janessa Pope, Field Hockey
Molly Ruth, Water Polo
Mason Short, Men's Golf