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July 7th, 2009, 04:50 PM
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Saint Francis (PA) Captures 2008-09 NEC Institutional Academic Award
Team GPA Award Winners Also Announced
Saint Francis (PA) University has won the Northeast Conference (NEC) Institutional Academic Award for the 2008-09 academic year. With a combined grade point average of 3.234 in 19 sports, the Red Flash just edged out Quinnipiac (3.221) and Wagner (3.221).
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 22 sports are currently sponsored by the NEC: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, 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.
In winning its first Institutional Academic Award, Saint Francis (PA) had 17 of its 20 sports finish the year with team GPAs of at least 3.0 led by women’s golf at 3.634 and women’s volleyball at 3.538.
“Saint Francis is honored to have earned the Northeast Conference Institutional Academic Award for the highest overall GPA in the conference for 2008-09,” said Bob Krimmel, Saint Francis Director of Athletics. “This award is a reflection of the dedication of our student-athletes to excel in the classroom while working with our outstanding faculty. Our Faculty Athletics Representative, Brent Ottaway, and our Director of Student-Athlete Development, Craig Theissen, are two of the many people who are instrumental in our student-athletes’ academic success at Saint Francis. To have earned this award in a conference where academics are at the forefront of the mission of each member institution is humbling for the Red Flash Family. This truly is a team award for us as it reflects the commitment of our President, Fr. Gabriel Zeis, students, faculty, coaches, staff and the Saint Francis Administration.”
Overall, the NEC’s 4,300+ student-athletes averaged a 3.120 GPA for the 2008-09 year, an increase from 3.070 in 2007-08 and 3.039 in 2006-07. In total, there were 11 institutions that finished the year with at least a 3.0 GPA, compared to eight in 2007-08 and seven in 2006-07.
School NEC Sports Overall GPA
Central Connecticut State 18 2.980
Fairleigh Dickinson 18 3.034
Long Island 18 3.147
Monmouth 19 3.160
Mount St. Mary’s 18 3.005
Quinnipiac 18 3.221
Robert Morris 19 3.116
Sacred Heart 22 3.159
St. Francis (NY) 16 3.006
Saint Francis (PA) 20 3.234
Wagner 19 3.221
The conference also recognized the teams with the best GPA in each sport. The Wagner men’s cross country team recorded a 3.657 grade point average for the year, the highest in any NEC sponsored sport.
Quinnipiac claimed an NEC-best five team GPA awards, followed by four apiece for Monmouth and Wagner. Long Island, Robert Morris and Sacred Heart were also multiple sport winners with two each.
NEC Team GPA Awards
Baseball Mount St. Mary’s 3.064
Men’s Basketball Monmouth 3.132
Women’s Basketball Sacred Heart 3.281
Women’s Bowling Sacred Heart 3.428
Men’s Cross Country Wagner 3.657
Women’s Cross Country Central Connecticut State 3.465
Field Hockey Monmouth 3.475
Football Monmouth 2.807
Men’s Golf Long Island 3.460
Women’s Golf Saint Francis (PA) 3.634
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.300
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.450
Women’s Lacrosse Wagner 3.515
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.300
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.450
Men’s Soccer Long Island 3.280
Women’s Soccer Wagner 3.536
Softball Robert Morris 3.630
Women’s Swimming Wagner 3.639
Men’s Tennis Monmouth 3.343
Women’s Tennis Robert Morris 3.520
Women’s Volleyball Quinnipiac 3.610
By Northeast Conference Sports Information
Saint Francis (PA) Captures 2008-09 NEC Institutional Academic Award
Team GPA Award Winners Also Announced
Saint Francis (PA) University has won the Northeast Conference (NEC) Institutional Academic Award for the 2008-09 academic year. With a combined grade point average of 3.234 in 19 sports, the Red Flash just edged out Quinnipiac (3.221) and Wagner (3.221).
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 22 sports are currently sponsored by the NEC: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, 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.
In winning its first Institutional Academic Award, Saint Francis (PA) had 17 of its 20 sports finish the year with team GPAs of at least 3.0 led by women’s golf at 3.634 and women’s volleyball at 3.538.
“Saint Francis is honored to have earned the Northeast Conference Institutional Academic Award for the highest overall GPA in the conference for 2008-09,” said Bob Krimmel, Saint Francis Director of Athletics. “This award is a reflection of the dedication of our student-athletes to excel in the classroom while working with our outstanding faculty. Our Faculty Athletics Representative, Brent Ottaway, and our Director of Student-Athlete Development, Craig Theissen, are two of the many people who are instrumental in our student-athletes’ academic success at Saint Francis. To have earned this award in a conference where academics are at the forefront of the mission of each member institution is humbling for the Red Flash Family. This truly is a team award for us as it reflects the commitment of our President, Fr. Gabriel Zeis, students, faculty, coaches, staff and the Saint Francis Administration.”
Overall, the NEC’s 4,300+ student-athletes averaged a 3.120 GPA for the 2008-09 year, an increase from 3.070 in 2007-08 and 3.039 in 2006-07. In total, there were 11 institutions that finished the year with at least a 3.0 GPA, compared to eight in 2007-08 and seven in 2006-07.
School NEC Sports Overall GPA
Central Connecticut State 18 2.980
Fairleigh Dickinson 18 3.034
Long Island 18 3.147
Monmouth 19 3.160
Mount St. Mary’s 18 3.005
Quinnipiac 18 3.221
Robert Morris 19 3.116
Sacred Heart 22 3.159
St. Francis (NY) 16 3.006
Saint Francis (PA) 20 3.234
Wagner 19 3.221
The conference also recognized the teams with the best GPA in each sport. The Wagner men’s cross country team recorded a 3.657 grade point average for the year, the highest in any NEC sponsored sport.
Quinnipiac claimed an NEC-best five team GPA awards, followed by four apiece for Monmouth and Wagner. Long Island, Robert Morris and Sacred Heart were also multiple sport winners with two each.
NEC Team GPA Awards
Baseball Mount St. Mary’s 3.064
Men’s Basketball Monmouth 3.132
Women’s Basketball Sacred Heart 3.281
Women’s Bowling Sacred Heart 3.428
Men’s Cross Country Wagner 3.657
Women’s Cross Country Central Connecticut State 3.465
Field Hockey Monmouth 3.475
Football Monmouth 2.807
Men’s Golf Long Island 3.460
Women’s Golf Saint Francis (PA) 3.634
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.300
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.450
Women’s Lacrosse Wagner 3.515
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.300
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.450
Men’s Soccer Long Island 3.280
Women’s Soccer Wagner 3.536
Softball Robert Morris 3.630
Women’s Swimming Wagner 3.639
Men’s Tennis Monmouth 3.343
Women’s Tennis Robert Morris 3.520
Women’s Volleyball Quinnipiac 3.610
By Northeast Conference Sports Information