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Jonathan Besselink Earns Second Straight Northeast Conference (NEC) Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete Of The Year Award

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Somerset, NJ –  Senior Jonathan Besselink of the Wagner men's cross-country team earned his second straight Northeast Conference (NEC) Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, presented by Certified Financial Services. 
 

For Besselink, this marks his third Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolade, as he also garnered the Men's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors last spring. For the Seahawks, this marks the 26th time a Wagner student-athlete has earned this recognition, with Besselink becoming the program's first-ever three-time winner. 
 
 
This November, Besselink helped guide the Wagner men's cross-country team to the program's first ever league title, as the veteran harrier garnered his second straight all-league citation after crossing the finish line fifth at this year's championship meet with a time of 25:46.0.
 
Besslink concluded his cross-country tenure when he competed in his fourth NCAA Division Northeast Regional, placing among the top-50 out of 268 competitors with a time of 29:53.6. The newly-minted two-time Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipient also competed in his first-ever Pre-National Invitational back in October, in which he finished among the top-30 with a time of 25:42.4. 
 
Now a four-time Fall Academic and Commissioner's Honor Roll selection, Besselink concluded the fall semester with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.915 while working towards a degree in Business Administration. 
 
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 39th year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 11 institutions of higher learning located throughout seven states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Boston (#9), Pittsburgh (#24), Baltimore (#26), Hartford/New Haven (#33) and Providence (#53). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 23 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat, all @NECsports.

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Jonathan Besselink

Jonathan Besselink

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Senior

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