INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA Division II President's Council announced this week that its seven 2020 fall championships are canceled due to the operational, logistical and financial challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The council made the move after the NCAA Board of Governors directed each division to make a decision on its fall sport championships. The Board of Governors also directed each division to meet various requirements to compete in the fall. Those directives include that all member institutions apply the resocialization principles to fall sports and set a 50% sponsorship threshold for a fall sport championship to be conducted, among other requirements. As of Wednesday, 11 of the 23 Division II conferences had announced they will not compete during the traditional fall season.

With the Board of Governors' directives, the Division II Presidents Council determined that it was not feasible to hold fall championships as planned or to postpone them to the spring while prioritizing the health and well-being of student-athletes.

"It's not the news you want to hear necessarily," said UIndy Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Young, "but it offers yet another opportunity to maintain the health and safety of our athletic department and our campus community. Though there are still a lot of unknowns going forward, we will continue to support our student-athletes, coaches & administrators to the best of our ability as we strive to win in the classroom, as people, and on the field of competition."