UDC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Programs Earn East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Awards
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - The University of the District of Columbia men's and women's tennis teams were each announced recipients of the East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Award for the 2015-16 academic year.
The ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in its respective sport. The Firebirds women's tennis team had a combined grade point average of 3.586 while the men's tennis team came in at 3.534. This marks the 3rd time head coach Dickie Mahaffey's UDC women's tennis team has earned the honor, and the 2nd time his men's tennis team has earned it in the last four years.
"Congratulations to all of the programs that have been recognized as our ECC Academic Teams of Excellence," said ECC Commissioner, Dr. Robert Dranoff. "Each year we continue to be so impressed by the work put in by our student-athletes who are committed to excelling in all parts of their lives. We are happy to be able to provide a little bit more recognition for those efforts."
2015-16 ECC Academic Teams of Excellence Award Recipients
Baseball: Molloy
Men's Basketball: Molloy
Men's Cross Country: Molloy
Men's Lacrosse: Molloy
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Molloy
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Molloy
Men's Soccer: LIU Post
Men's Tennis: District of Columbia
Women's Basketball: New York Institute of Technology
Women's Bowling: Felician
Women's Cross Country: Molloy
Women's Lacrosse: Bridgeport
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Molloy
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Molloy
Women's Soccer: LIU Post
Softball: Bridgeport
Women's Tennis: District of Columbia
Volleyball: Bridgeport
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About the ECC
Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Conn.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); Daemen College (Amherst, N.Y.); LIU Post (Brookville, N.Y.); Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy College (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, N.Y.) and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). Associate Members include: Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pa.), Cheyney University (Cheyney, Pa.), Dominican College (Orangeburg, N.Y.), Felician University (Rutherford, N.J.), Franklin Pierce University (Rindge, N.H.), Georgian Court University (Lakewood, N.J.), Kutztown University (Kutztown, Pa.), and Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.).
The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men's and women's basketball; women's bowling; men's and women's cross country; men's and women's lacrosse; softball; men's and women's tennis; men's and women's indoor track and field; men's and women's outdoor track and field; men's and women's soccer; and women's volleyball.
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.