Woodbridge Resident Shannon Tipton to Receive Scholar-Athlete Recognition by the NEAC

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Woodbridge resident Shannon Tipton named a NEAC Scholar-Athlete.

MORRISTOWN, NJ (11/11/2010)(readMedia)-- The North Eastern Athletic Conference has designated Woodbridge resident, Shannon Tipton, '13 music major, College of Saint Elizabeth swimming team's member as a scholar-athlete for the 2009-2010 season. The College is located at 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J. 07960.

Tipton, along with three other CSE students and two recent CSE grads, successfully met the NEAC's criteria to be recognized as a scholar-athlete for the academic year of 2009-2010. She has maintained a GPA of 3.4 or higher for the fall and spring semesters combined and has also been in good standing on her swim team.

The NEAC, an intercollegiate athlete conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III, acknowledges scholar-athletes yearly in eight different sports from member institutions located in the northeast United States. This year, the NEAC is honoring 276 scholar-athletes, from 14 U.S. colleges, hailed from 13 states and seven countries.

"I'm so surprised and excited to know that I got selected. I can't believe I did it in my first year at college," Tipton said. "It is such a good feeling that all my hard work paid off and they [NEAC] recognized it."

Kaitlin Burud, assistant director of athletics and sport information at CSE, said, "I'm extremely proud of our scholar-athletes. They deserve all the credits." Burud notes that this recognition is a huge honor to the athletics department because it shows how well-rounded the CSE scholar-athletes are and how much the College values academics.

According to Tipton, playing sports helps her achieve academic goals. She learns to prioritize tasks and make plans ahead to keep up with all her classes while still having enough time for practice.

Tipton also attributed her success to the support from CSE professors and staff. She said that the College extremely supported her in many ways and that the 'Eagle spirit' spread around campus. "Not only students but also professors, staff, even the deans and Sr. Francis come and support student-athletes in the games," said Tipton.

It is rather early for Tipton, a sophomore student at college, to talk about her future plans. However she said that she would love to continue playing sports no matter where her professional career leads in the future.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, 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.