The UNA Board of Trustees decided yesterday to postpone the vote deciding whether or not UNA athletics will go Division I. The decision was made earlier in the afternoon during the board’s quarterly meeting.

The Board of Trustees subcommittee on athletics suggested the board vote for the transition to Division I. The subcommittee was in charge of investigating possible outcomes of the transition in the athletics department and university as a whole.

“This was not an easy decision,” president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees Steve Pierce said. “The president and the majority of the subcommittee recommend the future of UNA athletics to move to Division I. We are all here for what’s best for this university,” Peirce said. “Groups have met countless hours regarding D-I.”

Libby Watts-Jordan, a member of the subcommittee on athletics, expressed only three out of five members wanted the Division I move.

Pierce thanked Cory Hamilton SGA president, staff senate president Chris Horn and faculty senate president Terry Richardson for their concerns regarding the decision. Horn and Richardson both informed the board that their constituents adamantly oppose the move to D-I.

Read more about the Board of Trustees meeting in the March 17 edition of The Flor-Ala.