Tuesday, January 30, 2007

For Immediate Release: 

 
South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference and SWA Council announce the inaugural Women in Athletics Seminar, which will take place February 2 at Bentley College.
 
The intent of the seminar is to identify current female student-athletes in the Northeast-10 Conference, who are interested in a possible career in athletics. The seminar will offer them the opportunity to interact with various female collegiate athletic professionals within the Northeast-10 who will share their perspectives and educate the group about the opportunities available to them.

Among those presenting are Pat Nicol, Athletic Director at Southern Connecticut State University, Joan Lehoullier, Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA at UMass Lowell, Merrimack College Sports Information Director Lisa Cascio, Northeast-10 Women’s Basketball Official Joanne Aldrich, and Director of Sports Medicine at Merrimack, Birgid Hopkins.

Also speaking is Bentley’s volleyball head coach Sandy Hoffman and UMass Lowell’s field hockey head coach Shannon Hlebichuk.

Keynote speaker Kathy DeBoer, Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Associations, will highlight the event. DeBoer is a nationally known public speaker on the impact of gender on competitive behavior. She also does popular programs on motivation, teamwork and 21st century leadership. She has written extensively on issues of competition, gender, coaching, and intercollegiate athletics.

The Northeast-10 is one of the largest and is the most diverse NCAA Division II playing conference in the nation. It sponsors 23 championship sports including baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, field hockey, men’s golf, men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s indoor track and field, women’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, softball, women’s volleyball, men’s swimming and diving, and women’s swimming and diving

Full Members of the Northeast-10 include American International College, Assumption College, Bentley College, Bryant University, Franklin Pierce, Le Moyne College, The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Merrimack College, Pace University, Saint Anselm College, Saint Michael’s College, The College of Saint Rose, Southern Connecticut State University, Southern New Hampshire University, and Stonehill College.