NORTHEASTERNNORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Member Institutions Delaware The Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association celebrates its 25th Anniversary The conference also excels in many other sports. CAA squads Drexel in 2009-10 with memories of a proud and storied past and visions have combined to win 10 fi eld hockey national titles since the George Mason of an exciting future. championship began in 1981. Delaware and Towson have each Georgia State Regarded as one of the nation’s top collegiate conferences, the reached the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship. Hofstra CAA encompasses fi ve of the nation’s nine largest metropolitan Three women’s soccer teams have reached the second round of James Madison areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to the NCAA Tournament for the past two seasons and at least one Northeastern Atlanta. The conference has produced 16 national team men’s soccer team has advanced to the fi nal 16 of the NCAA Old Dominion champions in fi ve different sports, 33 individual national Championship in fi ve of the last seven years. In men’s Towson champions, 12 national players of the year, 12 national cross country, William & Mary placed 16th nationally UNC Wilmington coaches of the year and 12 Honda Award winners. as a team in 2008 and Georgia State’s Mark Steeds Virginia Commonwealth Just as impressive, however, are the honors earned All-America status after a 12th-place William & Mary accumulated away from competition, which individual effort. The CAA has sent multiple include fi ve Rhodes Scholars and 20 NCAA teams to the NCAA Baseball Championship in Staff Directory post-graduate scholars. nine of the last 12 years and has had 12 or more Commissioner In 2008-09, the CAA had more than players selected in the last seven Major League Thomas E. Yeager 1,700 of the league’s 4,000 student-athletes Baseball drafts. The conference also boasts numerous All-Americans in tennis, golf, track Deputy Commissioner for received the Commissioner’s Academic and fi eld and swimming and diving. Basketball Award after posting at least a 3.2 grade CAA members are committed to excellence Ron Bertovich point average while lettering in a varsity sport. The conference ranked in the top 10 in in the classroom. The Colonial Academic Sr. Associate Commissioner the nation in 12 of its 23 sports in the latest APR report released Alliance was created in 2002 by the league’s presidents with a Marketing & Development by the NCAA. goal of expanding their partnership to all aspects of university Robert Goodman The landscape of the conference stretches along the majority life outside of athletics. Among the programs already established Sr. Associate Commissioner of the East Coast, and includes six of the nation’s top 25 media are an undergraduate research conference, coordination of study Internal Operations/SWA markets – New York (1), Philadelphia (4), Boston (7), Atlanta (8), abroad programs and granting visiting academic status to student- Kathleen Batterson Washington, D.C. (9) and Baltimore (25). The number of television athletes traveling to an away contest so that they have access to homes in the CAA market exceeds 20 million. libraries, academic resource centers and computer labs. Associate Commissioner The CAA currently sponsors 23 sports with the addition of a In 2002, two faculty members from CAA institutions were Broadcast Services 12-team football league in 2007 and women’s rowing in 2009. Male awarded academia’s most coveted distinction – the Nobel Prize. Pete Hock athletes compete for championships in baseball, basketball, cross John B. Fenn, a research professor in the Department of Chemistry Associate Commissioner country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, at Virginia Commonwealth, received the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Communications track & fi eld and wrestling. Female athletes battle for conference and Vernon Smith, a professor of economics and law at George Rob Washburn titles in basketball, cross country, fi eld hockey, golf, lacrosse, Mason, shared the Nobel Prize in economic sciences. Assistant Commissioner rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & fi eld Commissioner Thomas E. Yeager has guided the CAA since its Championships and volleyball. In 2008-09, 28 teams earned NCAA Tournament inception. The conference traces its roots back to 1983 when Melissa Conti berths and 45 student-athletes received All-America honors. three of its current members - George Mason, James Madison, J.P. Williams The conference has made its presence known nationally in and William and Mary - were aligned with East Carolina, Navy men’s basketball with a league-record fi ve teams advancing to and Richmond as a basketball league (ECAC South). During the Contact the CAA postseason play in 2008-09. Conference champion VCU made its next two years, the league added 11 sports, acquired two new third NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six years, while members (UNC Wilmington and American) and decided to form a Phone Number George Mason reached the postseason for the seventh time in new association. The transformation from ECAC South to CAA took (804) 754-1616 a decade in the NIT. Old Dominion, making its fi fth straight place on June 6, 1985. Fax Number postseason trip, captured the inaugural CIT championship, while Charter members George Mason, James Madison, UNC Wilmington (804) 754-1830 James Madison made the CIT semifi nals. Northeastern reached and William and Mary were joined by Old Dominion in 1991 and by the quarterfi nals of the CBI. In 2006, George Mason captured the Virginia Commonwealth in 1995. The conference added Delaware, Mailing Address nation’s imagination by becoming the fi rst mid-major program since Drexel, Hofstra and Towson in 2001. Georgia State and Northeastern 8625 Patterson Avenue 1979 to reach the Final Four, knocking off powerhouses Michigan became members of the conference on July 1, 2005. Richmond, VA 23229 State, North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut along the Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, the CAA takes great pride in Web site way. The Patriots were ranked No. 8 in the fi nal ESPN/USA Today producing student-athletes who stand out on the playing fi eld caasports.com Top 25 poll, which was the highest ever for a CAA team. and in the classroom. 2009 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDINGS CAA Award Winners CAA Overall 2009 CAA Championship (at Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C.) Co-Players of the Year School W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Wednesday, May 20 Chris Henderson, Mason George Mason 19 5 0 .792 42 14 0 .750 #1 George Mason 6, #6 Delaware 5 Scott Krieger, Mason Georgia State 12 9 0 .571 39 22 0 .639 #2 Georgia State 6, #5 Northeastern 5 #3 UNC Wilmington 7, #4 Old Dominion 5 Rookie of the Year UNC Wilmington 10 8 0 .556 31 23 0 .574 Thursday, May 21 Brett Harris, Old Dominion Old Dominion 13 11 0 .542 22 27 0 .449 #6 Delaware 9, #5 Northeastern 5 (NU eliminated) Northeastern 13 11 0 .542 28 25 0 .528 #1 George Mason 11, #4 Old Dominion 5 (ODU eliminated) Defensive Delaware 11 10 0 .524 28 20 0 .583 #2 Georgia State 8, # 3 UNC Wilmington 5 Player of the Year James Madison 12 11 0 .522 30 24 0 .556 Friday, May 22 #3 UNC Wilmington 5, #6 Delaware 4 (UD eliminated) Chris Henderson, Mason Towson 12 12 0 .500 28 25 0 .528 #2 Georgia State 9, #1 George Mason 3 Coach of the Year William & Mary 9 14 0 .391 24 25 0 .490 #3 UNC Wilmington 5, #1 George Mason 3 (GMU eliminated) Bill Brown, George Mason VCU 8 16 0 .333 20 26 0 .435 Saturday, May 26 Hofstra 6 18 0 .250 11 32 0 .256 #2 Georgia State 12, #3 UNC Wilmington 10 (UNCW eliminated) 18 NORTHEASTERN BASEBALL 2010 GoNU.com 2009 RESULTS BASEBABASEBALLLL 2010 2009 Northeastern Results (28-25, 13-11 Colonial Athletic Association) Situational Date Opposing team Score NU Line Opp Line Inns Overall Conf Pitcher of record Att Time Records... Feb. 25 vs. Eckerd College 2-6 L 2-7-1 6-11-0 9 0-1 0-0 Thomson (L 0-1) 49 2:31 One-run games ........... 10-5 March 1 vs. Northwestern # 6-4 W 6-15-2 4-9-2 9 1-1 0-0 Zehr (W 1-0) 132 2:40 Two-run games ............. 7-3 March 1 vs. Northwestern # 4-3 W 4-5-0 3-7-2 7 2-1 0-0 Bashara (W 1-0) 119 2:06 5+ run games ............... 5-8 March 2 vs. Duquesne # 10-9 W 10-8-5 9-10-3 (11) 3-1 0-0 Bashara (W 2-0) 78 3:47 February ...................... 0-1 March 3 vs. Fairfield # 5-4 W 5-12-1 4-10-1 9 4-1 0-0 Ross (W 1-0) 49 2:34 March ........................ 12-8 March 5 vs. Duquesne # 3-2 W 3-11-4 2-7-0 9 5-1 0-0 Bashara (W 3-0) 29 2:32 April ......................... 10-8 March 6 vs. Central Michigan # 2-1 W 2-10-1 1-4-1 9 6-1 0-0 Thomson (W 1-1) 21 3:07 May ............................ 6-8 March 6 vs. Central Michigan # 6-3 W 6-15-1 5-3-1 7 7-1 0-0 Thornton (W 1-0) 68 2:47 Home ........................ 10-7 March 7 vs. Miami (Ohio) # 5-7 L 5-10-1 7-12-2 9 7-2 0-0 Smith (L 0-1) 68 2:55 Away ........................ 7-13 March 7 vs.