Northeast Conference Scores High In NCAA Graduation Success Rate Report

As Division I student-athlete graduation rates reached all-time highs, Northeast Conference (NEC) institutions once again ranked among the nation’s best in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures recently released by the NCAA. According to the NCAA data based on the four entering freshmen classes from 1999-2000 through 2002-03, NEC student-athletes graduated at an 84.7 percent success rate, up from 83.8 percent last year and easily ahead of the national average of 79 percent. The GSR for NEC women’s student-athletes was 91.5 percent, up slightly from 91.4 percent a year ago and well in front of the national average which reached 88 percent. The men’s GSR for the conference improved from 74.5 percent to 76.5 percent, a figure which outpaced the 71 percent nationwide rate for male student-athletes. In addition, 60 NEC teams achieved a perfect 100 percent GSR in their respective sports during the four-year time frame.

Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Release (12/21)

Choice Hotels honoree Britney Hodges   Keystone State rivals Saint Francis (PA) and Robert Morris are home to the latest Choice Hotels Northeast Conference women's basketball weekly honorees.  NEC Player of the Week Britney Hodges scored 28 points, marking her third consecutive 20-point performance, in lifting the Red Flash to a 36-point victory over Youngstown State.  Meanwhile, Robert Morris freshman Vega Gimeno-Martinez averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in games against Wisconsin and Morehead State, opponents who sport a combined 19-6 record.  The Choice Hotels rookie award is Gimeno-Martinez's third in four weeks.

NEC Men's Basketball Release (12/21)

LIU's Jaytornah Wisseh & SFPA's Umar Shannon   In claiming his second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award of the season, Long Island senior guard Jaytornah Wisseh finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a terrific all-around effort against Manhattan on Saturday. He scored six points in a 10-0 LIU run midway through the second half to cut the Jaspers lead to eight points, then converted and an old-fashioned three-point play with 2:12 to play to keep the Blackbirds within striking distance.  It was the fifth 20+ point effort for Wisseh on the season. Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors go to Saint Francis (PA) freshman guard Umar Shannon, who averaged a team-best 15.0 points in two outings last week. In the two games, Shannon shot 50.0 percent from the field and hit 4-5 shots from three-point range. He tallied a team-high 16 points, including a perfect 3-3 from long range, and added four rebounds in a Sunday setback to preseason MAC favorite Akron.

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