Colonial Athletic Association
COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The CAA sponsors 22 sports with the addition of football in 2007. Last year, 29 teams earned NCAA Tournament berths. Coming off another record-setting season, Delaware, Drexel, George Mason, the Colonial Athletic Association Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, continues to enhance its reputation as one UNC Wilmington, Northeastern, of the nation’s top collegiate conference. Old Dominion, Towson, Virginia With a geographic footprint stretching Commonwealth, William and Mary from Boston to Atlanta, the CAA encompasses five of the nation’s nine CommisionerYeager largest metropolitan areas. The conference has produced 16 national team champions Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut goal of expanding their partnership to all in five different sports, 33 individual along the way. The Patriots were ranked aspects of university life outside of national champions, 12 national players No. 8 in the final ESPN/USA Today Top intercollegiate athletics. Among the of the year, 11 national coaches of the year 25 poll, which was the highest ever for a programs already established are an and 12 Honda Award winners. Even more CAA team. undergraduate research conference, impressive, however, are the honors In women’s basketball, the CAA had coordination of study abroad programs and accumulated away from competition, three teams earn NCAA Tournament berths granting visiting academic status to student- which include five Rhodes Scholars and for the first time and four squads advanced athletes traveling to an away contest so that 21 NCAA post-graduate scholars. In to post-season play for the second straight they have access to libraries, academic 2006-07, the CAA had six ESPN the year.
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