Posted: Apr 15, 2021
- Women’s Soccer—Three student-athletes: Hayley Munoz, Kaley Kowal, and Guadalupe
- Sanchez was selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Region IV 1st Team
- Men’s Soccer—Two student-athletes: Alejandro Chavez and Bryan Mora, was selected to the NJCAA All-Region IV 2nd Team
- Women’s Basketball—Mariel Franco was selected to the NJCAA All-Region IV 1st Team NJCAA All-Region IV 1st selected
- Men’s Basketball—Kelvin Cortez-Harvey to the NJCAA All-Region IV 1st
- Team, Region IV Player of the Year, & 3rd Team NJCAA All-American
- The women’s Volleyball Team had a team GPA of over 3.00
- ECC participated in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) annual workshop for Academic Advisors and staff who support student-athletes. The group discussed best practices.
- GSD-120 (Exploring Careers and College Majors) was piloted for student-athletes during fall 2019
- An Athletes Commit to Excellence (ACE) supplemental intrusive, high touch program for Men’s Soccer was piloted at the end of the fall 2019 semester and continued through the spring 2020 Semester to determine if these approaches will increase course success and term-to-term persistence.
- Forty-five (45) students-athletes were Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) Academic All-Conference (3.0 or higher GPA) - An ECC record
- A mandatory student-athlete orientation was held during the first week of the semester to inform athletes about the ACE Program, an education plan, academic advising, and financial aid and scholarship information
- Mariel Franco (Women’s Basketball) and Trevon Montgomery (Men’s Basketball) were each awarded a $1700 scholarship from the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation for being outstanding student-athletes at ECC
- 30 ECC student-athletes to continue their athletic and academic careers at four-year institutions
- The Athletic Director, Kent Payne, and Athletic Coordinator, Bill Angelo, met with individual teams to discuss NJCAA rules, regulations, and eligibility
- Due to COVID-19, drafted a Return to Play Action Plan for 2020-2021
