Somerset, NJ – The Wagner College men's track and field program and women's soccer team earned Northeast Conference (NEC) team GPA awards as the conference unveiled its 2020-21 Institutional Academic Awards.
Overall, the NEC's 5,000+ student-athletes combined for a 3.377 GPA, a figure that ranks second in league history. The high-water mark was established in 2019-20 with a 3.404 combined GPA.
"NEC student-athletes continue to rise to the challenge in all facets of student-life and what they were able to accomplish in their studies this past year in the face of so many obstacles was awe-inspiring," said NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris.
The Institutional Academic 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 24 sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball.
2020-21 NEC Team GPA Awards
| Sport |
School |
GPA |
| Baseball |
Merrimack |
3.460 |
| Men's Basketball |
Merrimack |
3.158 |
| Men's Cross Country |
Central Connecticut |
3.590 |
| Football |
LIU |
3.260 |
| Men's Golf |
St. Francis Brooklyn |
3.839 |
| Men's Lacrosse |
Merrimack |
3.430 |
| Men's Soccer |
Merrimack |
3.568 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving |
LIU |
3.400 |
| Men's Tennis |
Saint Francis U |
3.748 |
| Men's Indoor Track & Field |
Wagner |
3.400 |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field |
Wagner |
3.400 |
| Women's Basketball |
St. Francis Brooklyn |
3.635 |
| Women's Bowling |
Sacred Heart |
3.700 |
| Women's Cross Country |
LIU |
3.650 |
| Field Hockey |
Saint Francis U |
3.654 |
| Women's Golf |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
3.900 |
| Women's Lacrosse |
LIU |
3.690 |
| Women's Soccer |
Wagner |
3.680 |
| Softball |
Mount St. Mary's |
3.717 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving |
LIU |
3.690 |
| Women's Tennis |
Merrimack |
3.677 |
| Women's Indoor Track & Field |
Bryant |
3.555 |
| Women's Outdoor Track & Field |
Bryant |
3.555 |
| Volleyball |
LIU |
3.685 |
NEC Institutional Academic Award Winner
| Year |
School |
GPA |
| 2020-21 |
Saint Francis U |
3.482 |
| 2019-20 |
LIU |
3.489 |
| 2018-19 |
Robert Morris |
3.432 |
| 2017-18 |
Saint Francis U |
3.423 |
| 2016-17 |
Sacred Heart |
3.381 |
| 2015-16 |
Sacred Heart |
3.331 |
| 2014-15 |
Wagner | Sacred Heart |
3.279 |
| 2013-14 |
Robert Morris |
3.295 |
| 2012-13 |
Wagner |
3.305 |
| 2011-12 |
Robert Morris |
3.279 |
| 2010-11 |
Saint Francis U |
3.270 |
| 2009-10 |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
Saint Francis U |
3.239 |
| 2008-09 |
Saint Francis U |
3.234 |
| 2007-08 |
Wagner |
3.186 |
| 2006-07 |
Wagner |
3.147 |
2020-21 NEC Overall Team GPA's
| School |
# of NEC Sports |
Overall GPA |
| Bryant |
22 |
3.408 |
| Central Connecticut |
16 |
3.147 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson |
18 |
3.366 |
| LIU |
23 |
3.440 |
| Merrimack |
21 |
3.464 |
| Mount St. Mary's |
21 |
3.224 |
| Sacred Heart |
23 |
3.429 |
| St. Francis Brooklyn |
18 |
3.389 |
| Saint Francis U |
21 |
3.482 |
| Wagner |
21 |
3.355 |
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 40th anniversary season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 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), 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 24 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, 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 TikTok, all @NECsports.
