North East Collegiate Volleyball Association
Encyclopedia
The North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) is a men's volleyball
collegiate association founded in 1995. It is the largest known single-sport conference in the United States
. It is a leading Division III men's volleyball conference and as of April 2010 it comprises 43 universities and colleges stretching from New Hampshire
to Virginia
.
, Daniel Webster College
, Emerson College
and St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) joined the conference for the 2009 campaign. Elmira College
and Penn State Behrend
will join the conference in the 2010-2011 season as members of the newly formed United Volleyball Conference.
The league is divided into five smaller divisions: CUNYAC (8), GNAC
(7), Metro (10), New England (8), and Western (9) with one associate member. Each week, schools from the five divisions nominate athletes and then vote for the divisional Player and Rookie of the Week awards. The conference sports information office then selects the NECVA Player and Rookie honors from each of these five divisional winners.
The NECVA holds an annual 16-team conference tournament called NECVA Championship Tournament
each April with the top two schools in each division and six at-large selections earning berths. The NECVA champion receives one of four automatic bids to the Molten Division III Final Four in April.
Executive Director: Gerald Matacotta
Assistant Commissioner for Athletic Communications: Ira P. Thor
Executive Board: Ray Bello • Paul Dill • Patrick Dorywalski • Keith Koch • Craig Kolek • Don Vanderbeck
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
collegiate association founded in 1995. It is the largest known single-sport conference in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a leading Division III men's volleyball conference and as of April 2010 it comprises 43 universities and colleges stretching from New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
to Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.
History
Founded in 1995 as the Metro Conference, it became known as the NECVA in 1998. Albertus Magnus CollegeAlbertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College is a small private liberal arts college in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It is located about two miles from the central campus of Yale University in a residential area near the border with Hamden. The neighborhood is on Prospect Street just above Edgerton park and...
, Daniel Webster College
Daniel Webster College
Daniel Webster College is a for-profit proprietary college in Nashua, New Hampshire with a professions focus.-History:The college was established in 1965 as the New England Aeronautical Institute and was associated with Boire Field...
, Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
and St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) joined the conference for the 2009 campaign. Elmira College
Elmira College
Elmira College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Elmira, in New York State's Southern Tier region.The college is noted as the oldest college still in existence which granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men...
and Penn State Behrend
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is a state-related public university institution and a Commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania....
will join the conference in the 2010-2011 season as members of the newly formed United Volleyball Conference.
The league is divided into five smaller divisions: CUNYAC (8), GNAC
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.-Current...
(7), Metro (10), New England (8), and Western (9) with one associate member. Each week, schools from the five divisions nominate athletes and then vote for the divisional Player and Rookie of the Week awards. The conference sports information office then selects the NECVA Player and Rookie honors from each of these five divisional winners.
The NECVA holds an annual 16-team conference tournament called NECVA Championship Tournament
NECVA Championship Tournament
NECVA Championship Tournament is a culminating event of the season for 43 participating teams of North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. It is held annually in April and tournament's location is selected by NECVA' Executive Board from the pool of hosting bids. The top two schools in each...
each April with the top two schools in each division and six at-large selections earning berths. The NECVA champion receives one of four automatic bids to the Molten Division III Final Four in April.
NECVA Executive Board and Administration
Interim Commissioner: Rachel PintonExecutive Director: Gerald Matacotta
Assistant Commissioner for Athletic Communications: Ira P. Thor
Executive Board: Ray Bello • Paul Dill • Patrick Dorywalski • Keith Koch • Craig Kolek • Don Vanderbeck
External links
- http://www.necva.org/ - official website of the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association.
See also
- NCAA Men's Volleyball ChampionshipNCAA Men's Volleyball ChampionshipThe NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship is the tournament that determines the national championship of American college volleyball.The "Final Four" is a term used exclusively by NCAA Basketball but is commonly used to describe the Men's Volleyball Championship...
- NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament
- Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship TournamentMolten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship TournamentThe Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship Tournament was formed due to a need for a culminating event for NCAA Division III men's volleyball...
- NECVA Championship TournamentNECVA Championship TournamentNECVA Championship Tournament is a culminating event of the season for 43 participating teams of North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. It is held annually in April and tournament's location is selected by NECVA' Executive Board from the pool of hosting bids. The top two schools in each...