2001-02 CUNY ATHLETIC ACADEMIC & ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE REVIEW HUNTER WINS the COMMISSIONER’S CUP BACK With a summer to reflect upon missed opportunities, the entire Hunter College athletic family rallied to take back the CUNYAC 2001-02 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Commissioner’s Cup from the College of Staten Island. The Hawks WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY...... HUNTER won by the largest margin in three seasons 23 points (129-106). MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY...... HUNTER Hunter was victorious for the fourth time in the five seasons of the WOMEN’S TENNIS...... HUNTER prestigious award by beating CSI head-to-head in three crucial WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL...... HUNTER CUNYAC championships. By topping the Dolphins in women’s tennis, MEN’S SOCCER...... YORK women’s swimming and diving, and women’s softball, a fifteen-point WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING...... HUNTER swing, Hunter assured itself of regaining the award. The Hawks set MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING...... STATEN ISLAND the tone for the season early, winning the first four events and the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL...... HUNTER first two seasonal championships on the CUNYAC calendar, netting MEN’S BASKETBALL...... STATEN ISLAND almost half of their eventual points. By the end of the year, Hunter WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD...... LEHMAN won seven CUNYAC tournaments, including six of the eight sports MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD...... CCNY for women. MEN’S VOLLEYBALL...... LEHMAN For the second straight season six different schools won tour- SOFTBALL...... HUNTER nament championships. BASEBALL...... JOHN JAY WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD...... YORK cunyac COMMISSIONER’S CUP POINTS 2001-02 MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD...... YORK MEN’S TENNIS...... BARUCH PL. SCHOOL POINTS 1. hunter College 129 2001-02 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2. college of Staten Island 106 WOMEN’S TENNIS...... HUNTER 3. lehman College 64 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL...... HUNTER 4. york College 55 MEN’S SOCCER...... YORK WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING...... HUNTER 5. city COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 50 MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING...... STATEN ISLAND 6. Baruch College 25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL...... STATEN ISLAND & HUNTER 7. Brooklyn College 21 MEN’S BASKETBALL...... LEHMAN & STATEN ISLAND 8. John Jay College 18 MEN’S VOLLEYBALL...... LEHMAN 9. medgar Evers College 13 SOFTBALL...... HUNTER BASEBALL...... STATEN ISLAND 10. ny CITY Technical COLLEGE 5 MEN’S TENNIS...... BARUCH

2001-02 commisioner’s cup hunter athletic director terry wansart (far right) & the hawk family get the prestigious honor. 2001-02 CUNY ATHLETIC ACADEMIC & ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE REVIEW bmcc cruises to fifth-ever commissioner’s cup In unprecedented fashion, all five 2000-01 CUNY Ath- 2001-02 CUNYAC COMMUNITY COLLEGE letic Conference Community College champions defended each of their titles, leading to Borough of Manhattan Community TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS College winning the school’s fifth consecutive CUNYAC Com- WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL...... MANHATTAN missioner’s Cup. MEN’S SOCCER...... MANHATTAN Despite a harried fall, when the school’s gymnasium was WOMEN’S BASKETBALL...... MANHATTAN used as a staging area for workers at the former World Trade MEN’S BASKETBALL...... KINGSBOROUGH MEN’S BASEBALL...... BRONX Center site, the teams prospered. BMCC, which is located six blocks away from Ground Zero, didn’t have use of its gym until mid-October. Besides winning the two fall championships- cunyac COMMUNITY COLLEGE men’s soccer and women’s volleyball, the men’s basketball team played in their fifth straight CUNY final. Meanwhile, the COMMISSIONER’S CUP POINTS 2001-02 women’s hoops squad refused to let another school hold the PL. SCHOOL POINTS five-year old trophy. 1. manhattan community college 35 Kingsborough topped BMCC in that men’s basketball final 2. queensborough community college 15 for the third consecutive time and Bronx beat Queensborough 2. Bronx community college 15 in the baseball championship game, played on the Broncos 4. kingsborough community college 10 home field.

CUNYAC commissioner’s cup Champions (1998-2002)

Year Commisioner’s Cup Champion Points 1998 Borough of manhattan community college 25 1998 Borough of manhattan community college 45 2000 Borough of manhattan community college 25 2001 Borough of manhattan community college 35 2002 Borough of manhattan community college 35

2001-02 commisioner’s cup BMCC athletic director STEVE KELLY (far right) & the PANTHER family KEEP the prestigious CUNYAC honor ONCE MORE. 2001-02 CUNY ATHLETIC ACADEMIC & ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE REVIEW

senior college COMMISSIONER’S CUP community college COMMISSIONER’S POINT standings CUP POINT standings 2001-02 2001-02 PL. SCHOOL POINTS PL. SCHOOL POINTS 1. hunter College 129 1. manhattan community college 35 2. college of Staten Island 106 2. queensborough community college 15 3. lehman College 64 2. Bronx community college 15 4. york College 55 4. kingsborough community college 10 5. city COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 50 6. Baruch College 25 2000-01 7. Brooklyn College 21 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 8. John Jay College 18 1. manhattan community college 25 9. medgar Evers College 13 2. kingsborough community college 20 10. ny CITY Technical COLLEGE 5 2. Bronx community college 15 4. queensborough community college 15 2000-01 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 1999-2000 1. college of Staten Island 110 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 2. hunter college 106.5 1. manhattan community college 25 3. york College 65 2. kingsborough community college 20 4. lehman College 60.5 3. Bronx community college 15 5. Baruch COLLEGE 40 4. queensborough community college 15 6. medgar evers College 28 7. city College 23 1998-99 8. John Jay College 17 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 9. ny CITY Technical COLLEGE 3 1. manhattan community college 45 10. Brooklyn college 0 2. kingsborough community college 30 3. queensborough community college 30 1999-2000 5. new york city technical college 15 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 4. Bronx community college 0 1. hunter College 115 2. college of Staten Island 95.5 1997-98 3. lehman College 65.5 PL. SCHOOL POINTS 4. Baruch College 48 1. manhattan community college 25 5. york College 43 2. queensborough community college 25 6. John Jay College 30 3. Bronx community college 15 5. city COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 28 4. new york city technical college 10 7. Brooklyn College 15 5. kingsborough community college 0 9. medgar Evers College 0 10. ny CITY Technical COLLEGE 0 1997-98 1998-99 PL. SCHOOL POINTS PL. SCHOOL POINTS 1. hunter College 155 1. hunter College 160 2. college of Staten Island 80 2. college of Staten Island 110 3. Baruch College 61 3. Baruch College 50 4. Brooklyn college 38 4. lehman College 35 5. city College of new york 27 5. John jay COLLEGE 31 6. york College 23 6. york College 23 7. medgar evers College 21 7. medgar evers College 16 7. John jay College 21 8. city College of new york 13 9. lehman COLLEGE 18 9. Brooklyn college 8 Note: NYCTC was ineligible for most CUNYAC Championships from 2000- 2002