2017-18 NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 NEC Winter Commissioner's Honor Roll
 
SOMERSET, N.J. - The Northeast Conference announced its 2017-18 Winter Academic Award winners Thursday afternoon, including the winter sports' Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's Honor Roll. 45 LIU Brooklyn student-athletes were honored by the conference for their work in the classroom.
 
The NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll consists of 600 student-athletes with a 3.20 or better grade point average, a 11.3 percent increase from 2016-17. There were also 186 student-athletes named to the Winter Commissioner's Honor Roll, recognizing those superior student-athletes with a 3.75 or better grade point average. The Commissioner's Honor Roll figure represents a whopping 32.9 percent increase from a year ago.
 
The Blackbirds had 13 student athletes recognized as a part of the Commissioner's Honor Roll, more than tripling the number of student athletes recognized last year. Bowling and women's swimming each had three athletes honored: Kellie Frain, Lauren McKowen and Marlee Tyler were honored for bowling, while freshmen Jodi Hawki, Amanda Peren and Jeanne Touchette-McGowan all earned the award from the swim team. From women's basketball, graduate student Denisha Petty-Evans was honored, while indoor track & field led the way with six honorees: Alban Lefeuvre, Beresford Sweeney, Ashton Burton, Stephanie Esogenwune, Eugenie Hue and Sarah Northup.  
 
In total, 45 LIU Brooklyn student athletes were named to the NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. The NEC Championship-winning women's indoor track & field team led the way with 12 honorees, while the women's swimming team was next, with 11. Both bowling and men's indoor track & field had eight athletes honored, while men's and women's basketball added three honorees apiece. The complete list of athletes honored is available here:
 
2017-18 NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 NEC Winter Commissioner's Honor Roll
 
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 37th year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Pittsburgh (#23), Baltimore (#27), and Hartford/New Haven (#30).  Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 14 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, 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.