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Wagner Claims NEC-Best Four Team GPA Awards

The men's swimming team was one of four Wagner squads to win a NEC Team GPA Award
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

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