2010-11 releases
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Frostburg State's Sarah Stephens Named A Top 30 Finalist For NCAA Woman Of The Year
August 21, 2011Frostburg State senior volleyball All-American Sarah Stephens was named as one of the 30 semifinalists for the 2011 NCAA Woman Of The Year award. -
Wesley Announces Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2011
July 10, 2011A total of 14 former student-athletes representing nine different sports comprises the 2011 class of the Wesley College Athletic Hall of Fame. The sports of baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, golf, men's lacrosse, softball and wrestling each will have at least one of its all time greats inducted in a ceremony to be held Friday, October 7 at the Schwartz Center for the Arts as part of Wesley's Homecoming festivities.
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CAC Names A Record 1,023 Student-Athletes To The 2010-11 All-Academic Team
June 30, 2011The Capital Athletic Conference announced that a new record of 1,023 student-athletes were named to the 2010-11 All-Academic Team. It is the first time in CAC history that more than 1,000 student-athletes, representing nine member institutions and 19 championship sports, were named to the conference’s All-Academic Team. Student-athletes in one or more CAC championship sports that attain a 3.20 grade point average (GPA) for the academic year earn a spot on the CAC All-Academic team.
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Frostburg State Student-Athletes Contribute To Allegany (Md.) County Special Olympics
May 26, 2011Several Frostburg State University student-athletes volunteered their time at the Spring Games of the Allegany (Md.) County Special Olympics as part of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), held earlier this month at Allegany College of Maryland.
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Matthew D. Shank, Ph.D., Named President of Marymount University
May 13, 2011The Board of Trustees of Marymount University has announced the selection of Matthew D. Shank, Ph.D., as the University’s sixth president, effective July 1, 2011. Shank will succeed Dr. James E. Bundschuh, who has served as Marymount’s president since 2001.
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Salisbury Edges Mary Washington For The 2011 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award; Sea Gulls And Eagles Tie For Women's Title; York Wins Men's Crown For 2nd Straight Year
May 11, 2011Not only did Salisbury University rally in the second half to win the 2011 men’s lacrosse championship, but the victory in the last conference championship of the 2010-11 season lifted the Sea Gulls to capture the 2011 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award by one half point over the University of Mary Washington. Salisbury captured six of the 19 CAC championships during the 2010-11 academic year and finished either second or third in three other sports on the way to compiling 166.50 points in the overall standings to win the all-sports championship for the sixth-straight year.
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Hood Inducts 10 Into Chi Alpha Sigman National Scholar-Athlete Society
May 10, 2011Hood College athletic department welcomed 10 new inductees and seven returning honorees into the 2011 class of Chi Alpha Sigma, the nation's first scholar-athlete honor society, in a ceremony at the Coblentz Seminar Room Saturday afternoon.
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Bill And Judy Finney Lead Marymount Athletics 2011 Hall of Fame Class
May 05, 2011Long-time Marymount University women’s basketball head coach and athletics director Bill Finney and former Saints standouts Rob Harris, Chris Ann Becki Strahan and Sharee McClellan Gates were inducted into the Marymount University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Also inducted to the Hall of Friends was Judy Finney, former sports information director and senior woman administrator at Marymount.
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Hood And Stevenson Announce Resignation From Capital Athletic Conference
May 05, 2011Hood College and Stevenson University announced today that they will resign as full members of the Capital Athletic Conference to join the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation.
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St. Mary's College Inducts 30 Into the Maryland Beta Chapter Of Chi Alpha Sigma, The National Collegiate Athlete Honor Society
May 03, 2011The St. Mary’s College of Maryland Department of Athletics and Recreation inducted 30 of its student-athletes into the Maryland Beta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honor society. The large group equaled the Chi Alpha Sigma Induction Class of 2004 as the biggest group ever honored as 2004 marked the inception of the Maryland Beta Chapter at St. Mary’s.
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Men’s Soccer Volunteers with Arlington TOPSoccer
May 01, 2011Marymount University’s men’s soccer team took time away from the pitch to volunteer with Arlington TOPSoccer on Saturday. TOPSoccer is a community-based soccer training and team placement program that brings the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, ages 4-19, who has a mental or physical disability. TOPSoccer was started in Arlington in 2002.
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Hood Honors 12 Student-Athletes From 10 Sports At Annual Spring Convocation
April 21, 2011Twelve Hood College student-athletes from 10 different sports were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements Tuesday at the annual spring convocation at Hood's Coffman Chapel.
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Wesley's Trevor King And Erik Shellenhamer Inducted Into Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society
April 21, 2011Two student-athletes were among the inductees into the Wesley College Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society. Trevor Kling of the football team and the golf team's Erik Shellenhamer were inducted with eight other students in a ceremony on Sunday, April 10.
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Paul Saikia Selected As York College's Assistant Dean for Athletics and Recreation
April 08, 2011York College of Pennsylvania is proud to announce that Paul Saikia has been selected as the new Assistant Dean for Athletics and Recreation. Saikia, who has been the Spartans' baseball coach for the last 24 years, has served as an Associate Athletic Director for the last ten years. Saikia was selected after an extensive national search filled with high caliber candidates.
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Marymount Student-Athletes Volunteer at 16th Annual Special Olympics Basketball Tournament
April 06, 2011Marymount University’s student-athletes recently took time away from their respective seasons to help out at the 16th Annual Special Olympics Regional Basketball Tournament held on Saturday. Organized by Marymount Campus Ministry, the tournament featured 40 athletes and eight teams from all over the Northern Virginia area.
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Wesley SAAC Partners With Delaware Chapter Of Special Olympics
April 04, 2011The Wesley College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has partnered with the Delaware Chapter of the Special Olympics and will work directly the Dover Dreamcatchers Special Olympics team.
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York Leads CAC Teams In 2010-11 Division III Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings
March 31, 2011York College of Pa. is ranked 104th overall, and first among Capital Athletic Conference institutions, out of 281 NCAA Division III athletic programs that scored points in the Division III Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings.
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Dr. Joseph Urgo Installed As President Of St. Mary's College of Maryland
March 27, 2011With a decree that “today marks a new beginning and a reaffirmation,” Joseph R. Urgo formally was installed as president of St. Mary’s College of Maryland in St. Mary’s City Saturday, March 26.
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Mary Washington Leads Chase For 2010-11 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award Heading Into Spring Season
March 18, 2011Mary Washington, which last won the CAC all-sports trophy during the 2004-05 season, boasts a double-digit lead over five-time defending champion Salisbury heading into the spring season as teams battle for the 2010-11 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award.
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Bill And Judy Finney Among Those Being Honored At Marymount Hall Of Fame Ceremony
March 17, 2011Marymount University is proud to announce its sixth Athletics Hall of Fame class, to be inducted on Saturday, April 30. Former director of athletics and head women’s basketball coach Bill Finney will be one of the four enshrined, as well as volleyball’s Chris Ann Becki, men’s basketball’s Rob Harris and dual sport athlete Sharee McClellan in women’s basketball and soccer. In addition, longtime sports information director and senior woman administrator Judy Finney will be honored in the Hall of Friends.
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START Program Adds Dozens To Scholastic Officiating Ranks; Plans Being Developed To Recruit Field Hockey And Women's Lacrosse Officials To The College Level
March 15, 2011When the START program was being conceptualized by five NCAA Division II and III commissioners and executives of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) in 2009, two components of the officiating puzzle were analyzed – recruitment of new officials, and increasing opportunities for scholastic officials, especially those working district and state playoff games, to become collegiate officials.
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Four Wesley Student-Athletes Will Assist In Presentations At The National Conference On Undergraduate Research
February 03, 2011Four student-athletes are among 11 undergraduate students at Wesley College who had presentations accepted by the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).
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START Program, To Recruit Sports Referees And Officials, Returns To York College Feb. 7, 2011
February 02, 2011York College will host its fifth START program on consecutive Mondays (Feb. 7 and Feb. 14). START, or Students of Today are Referees of Tomorrow, was an initiative to recruit college students and others into the avocation of sports officiating, beginning on the scholastic levels and hopefully advancing to the collegiate level in future years. The sports offered this session at York College will include baseball, basketball, soccer and field hockey.
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Hood Breaks Ground On New Athletic Facility - Expected To Be Ready For 2011-12 Basketball Season
January 29, 2011Hood College officially broke ground on a new athletic facility on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. The facility is expected to be completed for the 2011-12 basketball season.
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NABC's Suits And Sneakers Kicks Off Basketball's Awareness Drive
January 28, 2011Most men's basketball coaches throughout the Capital Athletic Conference and at NCAA schools in general - along with some women's coaches - will be wearing sneakers on the sidelines Saturday as part of the annual NABC Suits and Sneakers promotion to support its Coaches Vs. Cancer campaign.
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York College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Hosts Annual Christmas With The Community Sunday
December 04, 2010York College Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is hosting its annual Christmas with the Community event this Sunday, December 5, at York College’s Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center. The event begins at 4:30 pm and will end after Santa hands out presents. Christmas with the Community will host 12 families chosen from local women’s and homeless shelters in York County. SAAC represents over 400 student athletes who compete in the 20 sports at York College.
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Salisbury Leads Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award Standings After 2010-11 Fall Season
November 30, 2010For the first time in conference history, five schools each won at least one of the six Capital Athletic Conference championships during the fall season. Despite that balance, five-time defending champion Salisbury University holds a slim lead in the 2010-11 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award standings.
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Three Wesley College Student-Athletes Named To Alpha Chi National Honor Society
November 30, 2010Three student-athletes were among Wesley College's 2010-11 inductees into the Delaware Gamma chapter of Alpha Chi, a national college honor society.
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CAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committees Combine For More Than 2 Tons Of Donations To Area Food Banks
November 24, 2010The University of Mary Washington was the clear leader among the six Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) member institutions that collected more than two tons of food in the conference’s first “challenge” to support local food banks in their respective communities.
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“Pink” October A Success For CAC Athletic Programs, Raising $15,885 For Cancer And Other Causes
November 18, 2010The nine Capital Athletic Conference athletic programs combined to raise $15,885 for charitable organizations, primarily associated with cancer research, during Pink October, 2010.
