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THE MAAC STORY: EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS & ATHLETICS

Academics andAthletics TheMAACprides itself on theaccomplishmentsof itsstudent-athletes in the classroom, as well as on the field. Mary Beth Riley, a 1991 graduate of Canisius, was the first recipient of the NCAAWoman of theYearAward. In the fall of 1998, ErinWhalen, amember of the Iona women’s rowing team, was awarded one of the nation’s 32 Rhodes Scholarships for academic achievement and civic leadership. In 2015, all eleven Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference schools had at least one team that posted multi-year APR’s in the top 10% of all squads in each sport, with Fairfield, Siena, Canisius and Niagara having 6, 6, 5, and 4 teams respectively in the top 10% in each sport. Monmouth’s women’s tennis team is one of 129 teams that have earned Public Recognition Awards each of the 10 years they have been awarded. First-class facilities are the rule with MAAC schools, as teams regularly play in top-notch arenas, such as Madison Square Garden, the Barclays Center, the MassMutual Center, the IZOD Center, First Niagara Center, Times Union Center, the Webster Bank Arena, MoheganSunArena,andtheSunNationalBankCenter.Thisyear,the MAAC will take the men’s and women’s cross country championship to Orlando, Florida at the ESPNWide World of Sports Complex. The 2017MAACMen’s andWomen’s Golf Championships will be held at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course. In the past several years, a number of the MAAC schools have also enjoyed success in NCAA Basketball Championships. MAAC schools have played in a total of 85NITgames and 83NCAAgames. In 2015, Siena College’s women’s basketball team became the first MAAC women’s basketball program to make it to a postseason championship game. The Saints advanced all the way to the title contest of theWomen’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) where Siena fell toLouisiana-Lafayette. In2014, Sienamen’s basketball teamclaimed the league’s first basketball postseason title in its history by winning the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) title. In 2013, the MAAC had a record six men’s basketball programs participate in postseason play- Iona (NCAAChampionship), Niagara (NIT), Canisius, Fairfield, Loyola, and Rider (CIT). Canisius and Loyola both advanced to the Quarterfinal round, while Rider reached the second round. In 2012, the MAAC had two teams advance to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time in 16 years, with Loyola earning the league’s automatic bid and Iona garnering an at-large bid. In 2007, the Marist women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to the eventual National Champion, the University of Tennessee. The Red Foxes have recorded an additional five NCAA wins since their run in 2007. The MAAC has also been a leader in the forefront of technology, expanding the notoriety of the league into cyberspace. In 2007, the league reached an agreement with JumpTV, Inc., nowNeuLion, Inc., to design and host theMAACweb page. MAACSports.comhas been a great success, providing fans with up-to-date contest results, live and on-demand video and an online merchandise store. The MAAC, in conjunction with NeuLion, launched an iPhone app in February

2011, followed by Android and iPad apps that were released during the 2011-12 academic year. In September 2011, the conference announced the launch of MAAC. TV, the league’s first broadband network. Eight schools - Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Monmouth, Rider, and Saint Peter’s - are currently part of the network, which broadcast over 400 live events in 2014-15. In May 2014, the MAAC continued to grow its partnership with ESPN3 announcing the launch of the MAAC Branded ESPN3 Channel. All MAAC and school produced ESPN3 broadcasts are viewable as live or archived contents for all MAAC sports. During the 2014-15 season, the MAAC schools of Fairfield, Monmouth, Rider, and Siena broadcasted a total 49 combined school produced broadcasts. Canisius and Iona began school producing broadcasts along with the other four schools in 2015-16. The initiative increases the MAAC’s long-term partnership with ESPN and is concurrent with the development of school based production facilities on many of the conference’s member campuses. The MAAC President for the 2016-2017 academic year is Dr. Brennan O’Donnell, the President of Manhattan College. The Vice- President is Gregory G. Dell’Omo, the President of Rider University. Commissioner Rich Ensor serves as the league’s Secretary/ Treasurer. , Eugene Doris Director of Athletics at Fairfield University, will chair the Committee onAthleticAdministration, and Traci Murphy, Senior Woman Administrator at Canisius College will serve as Vice Chair.

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