Men's Tennis and Women's Lacrosse Teams Earn Award of Academic Excellence

Posted: Jul 30, 2015

Central Islip, N.Y. - The East Coast Conference announced the recipients of its Academic Team of Excellence Awards for the 2014-15 academic year on Monday afternoon. The ECC Academic Team of Excellence Awards is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in their respective sport.

The St. Thomas Aquinas men's tennis team and women's lacrosse teams were among the winners, having the highest team cumulative grade point average in their respective sport. Molloy College, with four teams honored, had the most selections for the second year in a row. Roberts Wesleyan College was the runner-up with three teams winning an award.

“We are very proud of the academic achievements by the teams honored this year as our ECC Academic Teams of Excellence,” said ECC Commissioner, Dr. Robert Dranoff. “All of our student-athletes put a great deal of time and effort to developing and succeeding athletically, but just as important, they are also very committed to achieving academically as well as in serving their communities”

For the second consecutive year, 10 teams repeated as winners of the award. Seven of the ten teams have now been honored in all three seasons of the award's existence. Teams winning the award for the third straight season include Bridgeport softball and volleyball, LIU Post men's soccer, Molloy baseball, and Roberts Wesleyan women's cross country, women's indoor track & field, and women's outdoor track & field. The three teams winning for the second straight season are Molloy men's indoor track & field and men's outdoor track & field and NYIT women's basketball.

Among non-repeating winners, only Mercy men's lacrosse earned their institution's first-ever Academic Team of Excellence Award.

2014-15 ECC Academic Teams of Excellence Award Recipients

Baseball: Molloy

Men's Basketball: New York Institute of Technology

Men's Cross Country: Molloy

Men's Lacrosse: Mercy

Men's Indoor Track & Field: Molloy

Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Molloy

Men's Soccer: LIU Post

Men's Tennis: St. Thomas Aquinas

Women's Basketball: New York Institute of Technology

Women's Cross Country: Roberts Wesleyan

Women's Lacrosse: St. Thomas Aquinas

Women's Indoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan

Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan

Women's Soccer: LIU Post

Softball: Bridgeport

Women's Tennis: District of Columbia

Volleyball: Bridgeport