Jim Elworth

Office of the Committee on Infractions
317-882-0594
jelworth@ncaa.org

National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Indianapolis, IN 46206
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Jim is a native of Nebraska, where he survived a Jesuit high school education at Omaha Creighton Prep. He attended The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. for two years, majoring in History and English and playing football and baseball. After a year working at the U.S. Senate, he went home and obtained bachelor’s and law degrees at the University of Nebraska. He spent close to 15 years prosecuting felony crimes as an Assistant Attorney General in the State of Nebraska Department of Justice. In 1997 he began a career in athletics administration, initially at the University of North Dakota. In 1999, he and his family moved to Indianapolis when he took a job with the NCAA. He is a hack writer who has recently had a book published on the history of high school football in his hometown.
 
Jim has been married since 1986 to the former Carol Hiemer of Shelby, Nebraska, a registered nurse at the Indianapolis Endoscopy Center. They have four children, three of whom graduated from OLG and Roncalli: Lisa was an All-American swimmer at the University of Nebraska, is married, and is employed in the U. of Nebraska athletic department. Theresa is an All-Conference basketball player at The College of St. Mary in Omaha, where she is working toward a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy. She received the Midlands Collegiate Athletics Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year  award for the 2011-12 academic year. Christopher is a senior in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, an Eagle Scout and a member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He will receive his commission when he graduates in May 2013 and be off to the wild blue yonder. A third daughter, Mary Margaret, is deceased.

Jim served as an enforcement officer at the NCAA from 1999-2004, investigating allegations of rules violations by member institutions. Since 2004 he has worked for the NCAA Committee on Infractions,  researching and writing the committee’s reports. It pays the bills.