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 From
left to right: Ron Case, Leanne Schoening, Katie
Trotter, Judith Atkinson, Brian Rowan, Fred Keating |
Katie Trotter with CAANJ President Terry Small |
The 2011 CAANJ (Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New
Jersey) Awards Luncheon was held on Thursday, October 13, 2011
at the Holiday Inn-Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey. Gloucester
County College received our sixth consecutive CAANJ Cup which is
awarded to the best overall two-year college athletic program in
the State of New Jersey. This marks the 10th
time overall that GCC has received this prestigious award in the
Junior College level.
At the luncheon, GCC was represented by Director of
Ahtletics Ron Case, Assistant Director of Athletics Brian Rowan,
Athletics Administrator Leanne Schoening, Acting VP of Student
Services Judith Atkinson, Interim College President Fred Keating
and student-athlete Katie Trotter. Mr. Case was among the
speakers at the luncheon along with the Athletic Directors from
Stevens Institute of Technology and Princeton University, who
won the NCAA Small College and NCAA Division I CAANJ Cup Awards.
Mr. Case thanked the GCC administration and Board of Trustees as
well as the GCC Athletic Department Staff, Coaches, and
especially the student-athletes who make this award possible.
Another special moment at the luncheon came
when Katie Trotter (Williamstown H.S.) a member of our National
Championship Softball Team, 1st Team All-American,
MVP of the NJCAA Division III National Softball Tournament, and
recipient of the NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement
was presented with the 2010-2011 CAANJ Scholar Athlete of the
Year Award. Trotter spoke to the assembled crowd about her
time at GCC and bond that she created with the coaching staff
and team as they went about winning the first National
Championship for the Softball Team.
Each of the CAANJ Cups earned by GCC over
the years is on display in the Gym in the newly renovated Trophy
Case.
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