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Somerset, NJ -- Wagner College captured the inaugural Northeast Conference Institutional Academic award for the 2006-07 academic year. With a combined GPA of 3.147 in 19 sports, the Seahawks narrowly edged out Quinnipiac (3.142) and Sacred Heart (3.135).
The honor is presented to the NEC member with the highest overall institutional grade point average for student-athletes competing in NEC sponsored sports. A total of 21 sports are sponsored by the NEC: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball.
Wagner claimed a league-high six team GPA awards, winning in men’s cross country (3.48), women’s cross country (3.64), women’s lacrosse (3.26), women’s swimming (3.51), men’s indoor track and field (3.27) and men’s outdoor track and field (3.27).
“This is a well deserved honor for our student-athletes and athletic department,” said Walt Hameline, Wagner Director of Athletics. “We have always taken pride on the academic successes of our athletic programs and this award is a true testament to the hard work and dedication put forth by our student-athletes in the classroom.”
Overall, the NEC’s 4,300+ student-athletes averaged a 3.039 GPA for the 2006-07 year. A total of seven institutions - Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis (PA) and Wagner - finished the year with at least a 3.00 GPA.
School NEC Sports Overall GPA
Central Connecticut State 15 2.839
Fairleigh Dickinson 17 3.101
Long Island 15 2.989
Monmouth 19 3.059
Mount St. Mary’s 17 2.938
Quinnipiac 18 3.142
Robert Morris 18 3.014
Sacred Heart 21 3.135
St. Francis (NY) 14 2.925
Saint Francis (PA) 20 3.052
Wagner 19 3.147
The conference also recognized the teams with the best GPA in each sport. The Fairleigh Dickinson women’s golf team registered a 3.858 grade point average for the year, the highest in any NEC sponsored sport.
NEC Team GPA Awards
Baseball Sacred Heart 2.990
Men’s Basketball Sacred Heart 2.820
Women’s Basketball Fairleigh Dickinson 3.350
Men’s Cross Country Wagner 3.480
Women’s Cross Country Wagner 3.640
Field Hockey Monmouth 3.330
Football Monmouth 2.780
Men’s Golf Long Island 3.240
Women’s Golf Fairleigh Dickinson 3.858
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Wagner 3.270
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.550
Women’s Lacrosse Wagner 3.260
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Wagner 3.270
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.420
Men’s Soccer Saint Francis (PA) 3.248
Women’s Soccer Monmouth 3.440
Softball Robert Morris 3.460
Women’s Swimming Wagner 3.510
Men’s Tennis Fairleigh Dickinson 3.416
Women’s Tennis Sacred Heart 3.500
Women’s Volleyball Saint Francis (PA) 3.555
About the Northeast Conference
Now in its 27th season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 11 institutions of higher learning located throughout five states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Pittsburgh (#22), Baltimore (#24), and Hartford/New Haven (#28). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 21 championship sports for men and women. NEC member institutions include Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), Saint Francis (PA) and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit www.northeastconference.org.