2022 MAAC Baseball Championship Program

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) were part of the original network.

In May 2014, the MAAC continued to grow its partnership with ESPN by announcing the launch of the MAAC Branded ESPN3 Channel. All MAAC and school produced digital contact can be viewed through this channel. In the 2017-18 academic year the MAAC entered into a new eight-year agreement with ESPN and produced a total of 325 events on the ESPN family of networks. The first MAAC events on ESPN+ were men’s & women’s lacrosse games produced by Monmouth University. The 2018 Baseball Championship was the first MAAC championship to air entirely on ESPN+. As a part of the current MAAC-ESPN partnership ESPN+ will become home to hundreds of MAAC games, championships, and shows that are easily accessible to MAAC fans throughout the country. Under the ESPN agreement, 2019-20 marked the first year that all MAAC institutions will have school production facilities and by the end of 2024-25 the conference and schools will produce over 600 collegiate athletic events and shows on the ESPN family of networks. The MAAC President for the 2021-22 academic year is Rev. James J. Maher, President of Niagara University. The Vice President is Dr. Patrick F. Leahy, President of Monmouth University, Commissioner Richard J. Ensor, Esq. serves as the league’s Secretary/Treasurer, Bill Maher, Director of Athletics at Canisius College, will chair the Committee on Athletic Administration, and Sarah Fraser, Senior Associate Deputy Director of Athletics/SWA at Quinnipiac University, will serve as Vice Chair.

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