{"id":22559,"date":"2025-07-17T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2025\/07\/17\/northern-essex-ranked-top-njcaa-athletic-program-in-new-england\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:33:28","slug":"northern-essex-ranked-top-njcaa-athletic-program-in-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/07\/17\/northern-essex-ranked-top-njcaa-athletic-program-in-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Essex Ranked Top NJCAA Athletic Program in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) announced the final results for the 2024-25 academic year of the Ron Case Cup presented by Daktronics (formerly known as the Daktronics Cup). The Northern Essex Community College athletics program ranked among the nation&#8217;s top 30 programs for a third consecutive season and cracked the top 20 for the first time this year with a total of 39.5 points for an 18th-place finish. <a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/IMG_0852-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28558 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/IMG_0852-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rowan College South Jersey-Gloucester won the cup for a second straight year with 160.5 points, while Joliet Junior College (IL) finished second with 147. Points for the cup are awarded based on team finishes in NJCAA national tournament events.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time in three years, the Knights ranked as the top junior college athletic program in New England. NECC picked up points over the year in men&#8217;s soccer, men&#8217;s basketball, women&#8217;s track and field, and baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Both men&#8217;s soccer and baseball earned 13.5 points for their seventh-place finishes, while men&#8217;s basketball earned 11.5 points for its ninth-place finish. Additionally, women&#8217;s track and field earned one point by placing 20th at the outdoor championship meet.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 21st year, the Cup recognizes excellence in two-year college athletics through championship competition across all sports.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about athletics at Northern Essex, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neccknights.com\/landing\/index\">webpage<\/a> or contact Athletics Director <a href=\"mailto:dblair@necc.mass.edu\">Dan Blair<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) announced the final results for the 2024-25 academic year of the Ron Case Cup presented by Daktronics (formerly known as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":26282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[464,573,606],"class_list":["post-22559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students","tag-njcaa-athletics-program","tag-student-athletes","tag-top-ranked"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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