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The Westminster Griffins are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Westminster College located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The Griffins athletic program competes primarily at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. NCAA Division II Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, skiing, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, track & field and volleyball. The Griffins men's and women's alpine skiing teams compete in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA). The college also fields several non-NCAA sports, including cheer, cycling, dance, men's soccer (club) and snowboarding.
Kai Sato is the co-founder and COO of FieldLevel. As the COO of FieldLevel, a social network for sports recruiting, Kai Sato oversees the outward-facing facets of the company, including business development, sales and marketing. Sato was recognized as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Twenty in Their 20s," in 2013.
The Cal Lutheran Kingsmen and Regals are the varsity athletic teams that represent California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. Men's teams are known as the Kingsmen and women's teams are called the Regals. The teams compete in Division III of the NCAA as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). As a Division III member, the university does not offer athletic scholarships. Since joining the SCIAC in 1991 until 2002, Cal Lutheran won 26 conference championships, averaging more than five per season. As of 2019, CLU has won 55 league championships.
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- ↑ Social Network Helps College Coaches Find Players
- ↑ Twenty in Their 20s: Kai Sato and Brenton Sullivan
- ↑ Software Helps NCAA Teams Comply With Rules
- ↑ FieldLevel, the Social Network Re-Defining College Football Recruiting
- ↑ "FieldLevel Expands Its Social Network For Sports Recruiting To Women's Volleyball". SportTechie. Retrieved 2015-12-18.