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2006-07 Northeast Conference
Academic Highlights
• NEC institutions earned a higher Academic Progress Rate (APR) than the national average and ranked 15th among the 31 NCAA Division I conferences for the 2005-06 academic year.
• NEC sports that finished in the top half of all Division I Conferences were softball (4th out of 31 leagues), men’s soccer (8th/29), baseball (10th/31), women’s basketball (12th/31), men’s basketball (13th/31), men’s indoor track (13th/31), men’s outdoor track (13th/31), women’s soccer (14th/31), women’s outdoor track (14th/31) and women’s indoor track (15th/31).
• A total of 18 NEC teams from among more than 800 across the nation were honored by the NCAA with public recognition awards for their latest Academic Progress Rate scores. The 18 teams represent seven NEC schools: Long Island University (women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s indoor and outdoor track), Monmouth University (women’s golf and tennis), Mount St. Mary's University (women’s golf and tennis), Quinnipiac University (baseball, field hockey, men and women’s indoor track), Robert Morris University (men’s tennis, women’s crew), Sacred Heart University (men’s ice hockey, men’s volleyball, women’s crew) and St. Francis College (NY) (women’s water polo).
• Wagner captured the inaugural NEC Institutional Academic Award for the 2006-07 academic year with a combined 3.147 GPA in 19 sports. The conference also recognized the teams with the best GPA in each NEC sponsored sport.
• Five NEC student-athletes earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America accolades: Robert Morris football player Ray Gensler and Mount St. Mary’s pole vaulter Mandy Jenkins were honored for the second straight year and tabbed to the first team. Central Connecticut State football player Ryne Nutt and Saint Francis (PA) cross country/track and field student-athlete Erika Jacobs were named to the second team. Central Connecticut State men’s soccer player Alex Harrison was chosen to the third team.
• A total of 33 NEC student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams:
Baseball Ryan Rizzo Quinnipiac
Football Bryan Brand Wagner
Ryan Chrobak Albany
Ray Gensler Robert Morris
Michael McClelland Monmouth
Ryne Nutt CCSU
Luke Palko Saint Francis (PA)
John Volpe Albany
Men’s Soccer Alex Harrison CCSU
Peter Howe CCSU
Mark Klabnik Robert Morris
Women’s Soccer Selima Berisha Long Island
Jessica McCavanagh CCSU
Lauren Popovich Saint Francis (PA)
Taryn Reichard Robert Morris
Softball Joy Gallagher Wagner
Alison Rossi CCSU
Katie Stevens Wagner
Track & Field Erika Jacobs Saint Francis (PA)
Mandy Jenkins Mount St. Mary’s
Jenna Nechamen Quinnipiac
Jeff Witmeyer Robert Morris
Volleyball Lydia Emnott Wagner
Liz Jaszka Robert Morris
Anne Roosevelt Saint Francis (PA)
Janette Schneider Robert Morris
Martina Wagner Long Island
At-Large Ben Evenden Monmouth
Travis Fox Saint Francis (PA)
Joel Gasper Robert Morris
Carolyn Raveia Monmouth
Alexandra Tomlinson Wagner
Matt Wilson Long Island
• The NEC selected 21 Scholar-Athletes of the Year:
Men’s Cross Country Matthew Logie Mount St. Mary’s
Women’s Cross Country Erika Jacobs Saint Francis (PA)
Field Hockey Jill Wessner Lock Haven
Football Ray Gensler Robert Morris
Men’s Soccer Alex Harrison CCSU
Women’s Soccer Jessica McCavanagh CCSU
Women’s Volleyball Anne Roosevelt Saint Francis (PA)
Men’s Basketball Drew Shubik Sacred Heart
Women’s Basketball Katja Bavendam St. Francis (NY)
Women’s Swimming Lindsey Snyder CCSU
Men’s Indoor Track/Field Jeff Witmyer Robert Morris
Women’s Indoor Track/Field Erika Jacobs Saint Francis (PA)
Baseball Ryan Rizzo Quinnipiac
Men’s Golf Brendon Ray CCSU
Women’s Golf Samantha Milosh Saint Francis (PA)
Women’s Lacrosse Carolyn Raveia Monmouth
Softball Katie Stevens Wagner
Men’s Tennis Ben Evenden Monmouth
Women’s Tennis Xenia Roman-Korobochkina Long Island
Men’s Outdoor Track/Field Ian Butcher Saint Francis (PA)
Women’s Outdoor Track/Field Erika Jacobs Saint Francis (PA)
NEC Student-Athlete of the Year (voted on by NEC SAAC)
2006-07: Click Here (Saint Francis (PA)'s Erika Jacobs)
NEC Institutional Academic Award Winner
2006-07: Click Here (Wagner)
NEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year
(highest GPA among graduating seniors)
2006-07: Click Here (SFNY's Moran Stern & Andrija Vrdoljak, RMU's Lisa Jaszka)
NEC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
(3.75 GPA or higher)
2006-07: Click Here
NEC Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
(one per sport)
2006-07: Fall | Winter | Spring
2005-06: Fall | Winter | Spring
2004-05: Fall | Winter | Spring
2003-04: Fall | Winter | Spring
NEC Scholar-Athletes
(chosen during televised basketball/football games)
2006-07: Click Here
2005-06: Click Here
2004-05: Click Here
Related Articles
• NEC Schools Among Those Honored For High Academic Achievement By NCAA (4/27)
• Monmouth Women's Lacrosse Earns ILWCA Academic Honors (8/8)
• CCSU Women’s Volleyball Earns Team Academic Award (7/20)
• Quinnipiac’s Jenna Nechamen & Erin O’Connell Named To USTFCCCA Women’s Division I All-Academic Team (7/16)
• Quinnipiac Men’s Track Receives USTFCCCA All-Academic Honor (7/16)
• St. Francis (NY) Bowler Alexandra Stein Named Academic All-American By NTCA (7/10)
• Three Pioneers Named Academic All-American by USTFCCCA (7/10)
• MSM’s Leonard, Letsch And Koerper Named To The NGCA All-American Scholar Team (7/10)
• LIU Places Pair on USTFCCCA All-Academic Track Team (7/10)
• MSM’s Mandy Jenkins Nabs ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First-Team Recognition (6/27)
• Saint Francis (PA)’s Erika Jacobs Named ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-America In Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country (6/26)
• SFPA’s Erika Jacobs Named To ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II First Team (6/7)
• Quinnipiac Cross Country Runner Jenna Nechamen Named ESPN The Magazine District I First-Team Academic All-American (6/7)
• Mount’s Mandy Jenkins Named ESPN the Magazine District II First Team All-Academic Selection For Third Straight Year (6/7)
• LIU’s Randi Gillespie Earns Softball All-America Honors (6/4)
• Wagner’s Tomlinson Named Second Team Academic All-District by ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA (5/25)
• LIU Men’s Golfer Matt Wilson Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 1 Second Team (5/25)
• Monmouth’s Ben Evenden Named To The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team (5/25)
• Saint Francis (PA) Student-Athletes Achieve 3.0 GPA For 17th Straight Semester (5/18)|
• CCSU’s Alison Rossi Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Softball Team Honors (5/10)
• Wagner’s Katie Stevens and Joy Gallagher Selected To ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic Softball Team (5/10)
• St. Francis (NY) Women’s Water Polo Perfect Academically (5/4)
• Lock Haven and Quinnipiac Recogized For Academic Achievements by NFHCA (3/13)
• Saint Francis (PA) Student-Athletes Thrive In The Classroom For 16th Consecutive Semester (1/12)
• Monmouth Women’s Soccer Earns 9th Straight Academic Award (1/4)
• Monmouth’s Brittani Heller Named Honorable Mention All-East Region Scholar by the NSCAA (12/19)
• CCSU Women’s Soccer Earn Fifth Straight NSCAA/adidas Team Academic Award (12/19)
• Robert Morris’ Ray Gensler Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American (11/30)
• CCSU’s Ryne Nutt Named Second Team Academic All-American (11/30)
• CCSU’s Alex Harrison, Yan Klukowski and David Tyrie Earn NSCAA/adidas All-North Atlantic Region Honors (11/29)
• CCSU’s Jessica McCavanagh Named to the NSCAA/Adidas All-Northeast Region Third Team (11/29)
• CCSU Men’s Soccer Player Alex Harrison Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American (11/20)
• CCSU Soccer Players Alex Harrison & Peter Howe Awarded ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District I Accolades (11/3)
• CCSU’s Jessica McCavanagh Named To ESPN The Magazine Women’s Soccer Academic All-District I Team (11/3)
• Long Island Soccer Player Selima Berisha Named To ESPN The Magazine All-American District I Second Team (11/3)
• Saint Francis (PA) Women’s Soccer Player Lauren Popovich Garners ESPN The Magazine Academic Honor (11/3)
• Saint Francis (PA)’s Luke Palko Garners Prestigious National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award (10/26)
