Secaucus Resident Nicole Degenhardt Named NEAC Coach of the Year

First Year At College of Saint Elizabeth

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College of Saint Elizabeth Coach Nicole Degenhardt, a resident of Secaucus, has been named Coach of the Year by NEAC.

MORRISTOWN, NJ (03/01/2012)(readMedia)-- Secaucus resident and College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., first-year head basketball coach Nicole Degenhardt was named Coach of the Year by the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC). NEAC made the announcement as part of its 2011-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team selections. Degenhardt was selected in a vote of her NEAC peers.

Coach Makes Her Mark in Her First Season

In her first season as a NCAA head basketball coach, Degenhardt piloted the CSE Screaming Eagles to a 16-10 overall record and a 13-5 mark in the NEAC, good enough to earn the No. 2 seed in the South Division. That seed earned CSE the right to host the first-ever NEAC playoff game in the College's history.

Degenhardt, who was a three-sport athlete at Division II Felician College, becomes the second female basketball coach in NEAC basketball history to be named Coach of the Year, the first since Carissa Ryan from Keystone earned the award in 2004-05.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J., the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.