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Click Here For 2006-07 Academic Highlights
2007-08 Northeast Conference
Academic Highlights
• NEC sports that finished in the top half of all Division I Conferences in Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores were softball (5th out of 29 leagues), baseball (10th/30), women’s basketball (13th/31), men’s basketball (13th/31), men’s outdoor track (11th/30), men’s indoor track (11th/27), women’s indoor track (11th/27), women’s outdoor track (12th/30), women’s basketball (13th/31) and women’s soccer (13th/30).
• A total of 19 NEC teams from among more than 700 across the nation were honored by the NCAA with public recognition awards for their latest Academic Progress Rate scores. The 19 teams represent eight NEC schools: Long Island University (women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s indoor and outdoor track), Monmouth University (women’s basketball, women’s golf and women’s tennis), Mount St. Mary’s University (baseball and women’s tennis), Quinnipiac University (baseball and women’s basketball), Robert Morris University (men’s tennis, women’s rowing, softball), Sacred Heart University (men’s ice hockey, men’s volleyball, women’s rowing), St. Francis College (NY) (women’s water polo) and Wagner College (softball).
• Seven NEC student-athletes earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America accolades: Saint Francis (PA) runner Ian Butcher was picked to the first team. CCSU football player Ryne Nutt, a two-time honoree, Saint Francis (PA) men’s soccer player Bryce Luetzen and Wagner swimmer Alexandra Tomlinson were chosen to the second team. Long Island softball player Jessie DePippo, FDU baseball player Matt Maher and Saint Francis (PA) field hockey player Erin Reifsteck earned third team honors.
• A total of 45 NEC student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams:
Baseball Damian Csakai Wagner
Chris Drechsel Wagner
Kyle Higgins Monmouth
Matt Maher Monmouth
M.Basketball Drew Shubik Sacred Heart
W. Basketball Emily Bollinger Saint Francis (PA)
Shanay Freeman FDU
Erin Kerner Quinnipiac
Valerie Nainima Long Island
Stephanie Ryan Sacred Heart
Football Andrew Musick Monmouth
Ryne Nutt CCSU
Jason Richardson Sacred Heart
Blair Smart CCSU
Mark Szymanski Robert Morris
Jon Volpe Albany
Kevin Walsh Monmouth
Men’s Soccer Andrew Stpehens Saint Francis (PA)
Yan Klukowski CCSU
Bryce Luetzen Saint Francis (PA)
Samson Malijani FDU
Jeremy Tice Saint Francis (PA)
Women’s Soccer Amy Paige Long Island
Lauren Popovich Saint Francis (PA)
Taryn Reichard Robert Morris
Softball Jessica DePippo Long Island
Andrea Lazzari Wagner
Brooke Panepinto Robert Morris
Susan Perich Robert Morris
Katie Stevens Wagner
Track/XC Ian Butcher Saint Francis (PA)
Bill Doherty Monmouth
Tiffany Hahn Monmouth
Anna Hoffman Saint Francis (PA)
Marsha Locke Sacred Heart
Lisa Morse Saint Francis (PA)
Jeff Witmyer Robert Morris
Volleyball Jamie Baumert CCSU
Alaina Gibson Robert Morris
Lindsey Patty Long Island
Martina Wagner Long Island
At-Large Jessica Bajkowski Wagner
Erin Reifsteck Saint Francis (PA)
Lindsey Snyder CCSU
Alexandra Tomlinson Wagner
• The NEC selected 21 Scholar-Athletes of the Year:
Men’s Cross Country Matthew Logie Mount St. Mary’s
Women’s Cross Country Kristen Stevens Quinnipiac
Field Hockey Megan Dahle Quinnipiac
Football Ryne Nutt CCSU
Men’s Soccer Bryce Luetzen Saint Francis (PA)
Women’s Soccer Taryn Reichard Robert Morris
Women’s Volleyball Martina Wagner Long Island
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 Lisa Morse Saint Francis (PA)
Baseball Matt Maher Fairleigh Dickinson
Men’s Golf Anthony Campanile Monmouth
Women’s Golf Eva Mayr Fairleigh Dickinson
Women’s Lacrosse Tiffany Manzi Quinnipiac
Softball Jessica DePippo Long Island
Men’s Tennis Kyle Eddins Fairleigh Dickinson
Women’s Tennis Nicole Adams Quinnipiac
Men’s Outdoor Track/Field Jeff Witmyer Robert Morris
Women’s Outdoor Track/Field Marsha Locke Sacred Heart
NEC Student-Athlete of the Year (voted on by NEC SAAC)
2007-08: Click Here (Monmouth's Tiffany Hahn)
2006-07: Click Here (Saint Francis (PA)'s Erika Jacobs)
NEC Institutional Academic Award Winner
2007-08: Click Here (Wagner)
2006-07: Click Here (Wagner)
NEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year
(highest GPA among graduating seniors)
2007-08: Click Here (SFNY's Katja Bavendam & SFPA's Ian Butcher)
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)
2007-08: Click Here
2006-07: Click Here
NEC Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
(one per sport)
2007-08: Fall | Winter | Spring
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)
2007-08: Click Here
2006-07: Click Here
2005-06: Click Here
2004-05: Click Here
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• NEC Schools Among Those Honored For High Academic Achievement By NCAA (4/24)
