NEC Release (PDF)
Somerset, NJ – The Wagner men's basketball, men's cross country, women's soccer and women's swimming teams were recently honored as having the top grade-point averages in their respective sports among Northeast Conference (NEC) institutions.
Robert Morris and Wagner claimed an NEC-best four team GPA awards, followed by three apiece for Fairleigh Dickinson, Quinnipiac, and Saint Francis (PA).
Saint Francis (PA) and Fairleigh Dickinson shared the award for the highest GPA among athletic departments in the NEC with identical 3.239 GPAs.
The award is presented annually to the NEC member who attains the highest overall institutional grade-point average amongst student-athletes competing in sports sponsored by the NCAA Division I conference. The NEC currently sponsors a total of 22 sports: 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.
Overall, the NEC's 4,300+ student-athletes averaged a 3.135 GPA for the 2009-10 year, an increase from 3.120 in 2008-09. Ten of the NEC's 12 core member institutions finished the year with at least a 3.0 GPA.
School NEC Sports Overall GPA
Fairleigh Dickinson 18 3.239
Saint Francis (PA) 20 3.239
Robert Morris 19 3.221
Long Island 18 3.211
Wagner 19 3.187
Quinnipiac 15 3.187
Sacred Heart 22 3.183
Monmouth 19 3.170
Bryant 20 3.022
Mount St. Mary's 18 3.006
Central Connecticut State 18 2.985
St. Francis (NY) 16 2.968
NEC Team GPA Awards
Sport Recipient GPA
Women's Swimming Wagner 3.536
Women's Soccer Wagner 3.535
Men's Cross Country Wagner 3.526
Men's Basketball Monmouth/Wagner 2.960
Baseball Mount St. Mary's 3.178
Women's Basketball Monmouth 3.375
Women's Bowling Adelphi 3.536
Women's Cross Country Robert Morris 3.660
Field Hockey Robert Morris 3.530
Football Robert Morris/Sacred Heart 2.880
Men's Golf Saint Francis (PA) 3.511
Women's Golf Fairleigh Dickinson 3.706
Men's Indoor Track & Field Saint Francis (PA) 3.228
Women's Indoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.520
Women's Lacrosse Quinnipiac 3.360
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Saint Francis (PA) 3.228
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Quinnipiac 3.520
Men's Soccer Long Island 3.410
Softball Robert Morris 3.630
Men's Tennis Fairleigh Dickinson 3.519
Women's Tennis Fairleigh Dickinson/Sacred Heart 3.540
Women's Volleyball Central Connecticut State 3.720
