{"id":23716,"date":"2021-03-09T13:41:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2021\/03\/09\/necc-to-hold-information-sessions-for-student-athletes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:19:32","slug":"necc-to-hold-information-sessions-for-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/03\/09\/necc-to-hold-information-sessions-for-student-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC to Hold Information Sessions for Student Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/02\/Athletics-Featured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22300 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/02\/Athletics-Featured-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Current and future Northern Essex Community College students interested in participating in sports for the fall 2021 or spring 2022 semesters are invited to attend an upcoming athletics virtual information session, and learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neccknights.com\/landing\/index\">college\u2019s 12 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) athletic teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NECC Department of Athletics, in partnership with the Office of Admissions and Enrollment, will host the athletics virtual information sessions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/event\/athletics-virtual-information-session-3\/\">Wed, March 24, 3 to 4 pm<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/event\/athletics-virtual-information-session-4\/\">Wed, April 21, 10 to 11 am<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will have the opportunity to hear from Dan Blair, NECC\u2019s athletic director, along with a Northern Essex enrollment counselor, NECC coaches, and student-athletes. Bring your questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity for students to learn about the sports we offer and what is required of them to join the program as student-athletes,\u201d said Blair.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information contact Blair at dblair@necc.mass.edu or admissions@necc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College competes as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and sponsors 12 varsity intercollegiate sports including baseball, men\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s basketball, softball, women\u2019s volleyball, men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross country, men\u2019s soccer, Esports and men\u2019s and women\u2019s track and field. For more information on Northern Essex Community College Athletics please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neccknights.com\">official website of Northern Essex Athletics<\/a>\u00a0(www.neccknights.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out about our 12 varsity teams and what&#8217;s required to be a student athlete at NECC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,12,16],"tags":[75,238,463],"class_list":["post-23716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","category-events","category-press-releases","tag-athletics","tag-enrollment","tag-njcaa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NECC to Hold Information Sessions for Student Athletes - 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