caa 2010-11 CAA Standings
George Mason Old Dominion Hofstra VCU Drexel James Madison Delaware UNC Wilmington Georgia State Northeastern William & Mary Towson The Colonial Athletic Association continues to build on its reputation as one of the nation’s top collegiate conferences both athletically and academically. The CAA encompasses five of the nation’s nine largest metropolitan areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to Atlanta. The conference has produced 16 national team champions in five different sports, 33 individual national champions, 12 national players of the year, 12 national coaches of the year and 12 Honda Award winners. Just as impressive, however, are the honors accumulated away from competition, which include five Rhodes Scholars and 22 NCAA post-graduate scholars. In 2010-11, more than 1,900 of the league’s 4,000 student-athletes received the Commissioner’s Academic Award after posting at least a 3.2 grade point average while lettering in a varsity sport. The conference had 21 teams in 12 different sports receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards based on the latest Academic Progress Report released in 2011. The landscape of the conference stretches along the majority of the East Coast, and includes six of the nation’s top 25 media markets – New York (1), Philadelphia (4), Boston (7), Atlanta (8), Washington, D.C. (9) and Baltimore (25). The number of television homes in the CAA market exceeds 20 million. The CAA conducts championships in 23 sports. Male athletes compete for championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling. Female athletes battle for conference titles in basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. In 2010-11, 25 teams earned NCAA Tournament berths and 50 student-athletes received All-America honors in 13 different sports. The conference has made its presence known nationally in men’s basketball with two teams – George Mason (2006) and VCU (2011) – advancing to the NCAA Final Four over the past five years. Three CAA teams earned NCAA Tournament berths for the first time in 2011 as conference champion Old Dominion was joined by VCU and George Mason. VCU knocked off USC, Georgetown, Purdue, Florida State and top-seeded Kansas, while Mason defeated Villanova. The Rams were ranked No. 6 in the final ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll, which was the highest ranking ever for a CAA team. In 2006, George Mason captured the nation’s imagination by becoming the first mid-major program since 1979 to reach the Final Four, posting victories over Michigan State, North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut along the way. Six CAA women’s basketball teams advanced to postseason play in 2011. James Madison represented the conference in the NCAA Tournament after capturing its second straight conference championship. Delaware, Drexel, UNC Wilmington, Old Dominion and VCU participated in the WNIT, with the Seahawks advancing to
CAA Pct. Overall Pct. 16-2 .889 27-7 .794 14-4 .778 27-7 .794 14-4 .778 21-12 .636 12-6 .667 28-12 .700 11-7 .611 21-10 .677 10-8 .556 21-12 .636 8-10 .444 14-17 .452 7-11 .389 13-18 .419 6-12 .333 12-19 .387 6-12 .333 11-20 .355 4-14 .222 10-22 .312 0-18 .000 4-26 .133
from CAA institutions were awarded academia’s most the second round. ODU, which won an NCAA-record coveted distinction – the Nobel Prize. John B. Fenn, a 17 straight CAA titles from 1992-2008, boasts three research professor in the Department of Chemistry at national championships (1979, 1980, 1985) and was Virginia Commonwealth University, received the Nobel national runner-up in 1997. Prize for chemistry, and Vernon Smith, a professor of The conference also excels in many other sports. CAA economics and law at George Mason University, shared squads have combined to win 10 field hockey national the Nobel Prize in economic sciences. titles since the championship began in 1981. At least Commissioner Thomas E. Yeager has guided the CAA two women’s soccer teams have advanced to the secsince its inception. The conference traces its roots back ond round of the NCAA Tournament in three of the past to 1983 when three of its current members- George four seasons and William & Mary gave the CAA a team Mason University, James Madison University, and the in the final 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship College of William and Mary - were aligned with East for the sixth time in the last nine years. In men’s cross Carolina University, the United States Naval Academy country, William & Mary advanced to the NCAA and the University of Richmond as a basketball Championship for the 12th straight year and finished league (ECAC South). During the next two years, the 19th overall. In the pool, Towson’s Meredith Budner league added 11 sports, acquired two new members finished as the runner-up in the 500 freestyle and 1650 (the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and freestyle at the 2011 NCAA Championship and received American University) and decided to form a new asAll-America honors along with George Mason’s Ashley sociation. The transformation from ECAC South to CAA Danner. Delaware and Towson have each reached the took place on June 6, 1985. Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship in the past decade. The CAA has sent multiple teams Charter members George Mason, James Madison, to the NCAA Baseball Championship in nine of the last UNC Wilmington and William and Mary were joined 14 years and has had at least 12 players selected in the by Old Dominion University in 1991 and by Virginia eight of the last nine Major League Baseball drafts. The Commonwealth University in 1995. The conference conference also boasts numerous All-Americans in added the University of Delaware, Drexel University, lacrosse, tennis, golf, track and field, women’s lacrosse Hofstra University and Towson University in 2001. and wrestling. Georgia State University and Northeastern University became members of the conference on July 1, 2005. CAA member institutions are committed to excellence in the classroom. The Colonial Academic Alliance was created in 2002 by the league’s presidents with a goal of expanding Commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas E. Yeager their partnership to Deputy Commissioner for Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Bertovich all aspects of uniDirector of Football Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Boone versity life outside Chief Operating Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cindy Williams of intercollegiate athletics. Among Senior Associate Commissioner – Internal Operations/SWA. . . . . . . . Kathleen Batterson the programs Senior Associate Commissioner – Marketing/Development. . . . . . . . . Robert Goodman that have been Associate Commissioner – Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Washburn established are an Associate Commissioner – Broadcast Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Hock undergraduate reAssistant Commissioner – Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Kanaby search conference, Assistant Commissioner – Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.P. Williams coordination of Assistant Commissioner – Creative Services/Communications. . . . . . . . . . . Niki DeSantis study abroad proAssistant Commissioner – Creative Services/Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Bowmaster grams and granting Assistant Commissioner for Football. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Meyer visiting academic status to studentDirector of Basketball Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Lowe athletes traveling Director of Corporate Partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Edmonds to an away contest Assistant Director of Video Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Broyles so that they have Officiating Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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