Middle Atlantic Conference

PITMAN--After capturing the 2009 NJAC regular season championship and advancing to its third straight NCAA Division III National Championship Series, Kean University has been selected as the 2010 preseason baseball favorite in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Cougars, who finished their 2009 campaign with an overall record of 39-11, are seeking their third conference crown since the inception of the NJAC baseball championship in 1958.

PITMAN--The College of New Jersey’s junior Tom Medvecky and sophomore TJ Burns have been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Swimmer & Diver of the Year respectively for the 2009-10 season. In total 31, NJAC student-athletes earned all-conference recognition in men’s swimming & diving during 2009-10. All NJAC special award selections were determined by a vote of the league’s five head coaches, while the NJAC all-conference selections were based on performances at the Metropolitan Conference Championships held at Rutgers University on February 19-21.

NEWARK – Former Rutgers University Director of Women’s Soccer Operations and veteran PDA clinician/coach Bill Bustamante has been named the head women’s soccer at Rutgers-Newark by Director of Athletics Mark Griffin.

PITMAN—The College of New Jersey junior Margaret Molloy and Rowan University sophomore Samantha Rottkamp have been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Swimmer and Diver of the Year respectively for the 2009-10 season. In total 30, NJAC student-athletes earned all-conference recognition in women’s swimming & diving during 2009-10. All NJAC special award selections were determined by a vote of the league’s five head coaches, while the NJAC all-conference selections were based on performances at the Metropolitan Conference Championships held at Rutgers University on February 19-21.

UNION--South Division Champion Kean produced a 15-4 second half run to propel the Cougars to a 70-62 victory over North Division Champion William Paterson in the 2009-10 NJAC Women's Basketball Champonship Game. The school-record 26th consecutive victory for Kean gave the Cougars their 13th NJAC crown in program history and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament.

PITMAN—The Kean women's basketball team is ranked second in national polls released by the Women's Basketball Coaches Assocation and D3hoops.com on March 2. William Paterson is ranked ninth in the D3hoops.com poll and 10th in the poll released by the WBCA.  

PITMAN—William Paterson is ranked seventh in the D3hoops.com National Men’s Basketball Poll which was released on March 2.

PENNINGTON--Members of The College of New Jersey football and women’s lacrosse teams helped students at the Stony Brook Elementary School celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday by participating in annual Read Across America.

WAYNE--North Division Champion William Paterson scored 10 unanswered second half points en route to defeating two-time defending NJAC Champion Richard Stockton, 70-58 in the 2009-10 NJAC Men's Basketball Championship Game. The win gave the Pioneers their 10th NJAC crown in program history and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament.

GALLOWAY–Former Rowan head football coach Richard Wackar received the Contribution to Amateur Football Award at the South Jersey Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s 18^th Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet on February 28 at the Carriage House.