Full NE10 Release

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Mansfield, Mass. -- Rookie Victoria Major capped her freshman indoor season in style on Thursday, as the Deer Park, N.Y. native was named Northeast-10 Conference Women's Rookie Field Athlete of the Year as voted by the league's head coaches.

The full list of conference honorees can be found below.

Major, who was the NE10 champion in the indoor high jump with a mark of 1.67m and represented Adelphi at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Division II Festival in Birmingham, Ala. earlier this month. Tying her best height of the season in the high jump event, Major finished in 11th out of 16 competitors, and as the top freshman in Division II, to earn Second Team All-America status. 

2016-17 NE10 Indoor Track & Field Awards
Men's Track Athlete of the Year - Dage Minors, Franklin Pierce
Women's Track Athlete of the Year - Carly Muscaro, Merrimack^

Men's Field Athlete of the Year - Johnny Braga, Merrimack
Women's Field Athlete of the Year - Destiney Coward, Southern Connecticut^

Men's Rookie Track Athlete of the Year - Justin Ireland, Assumption
Women's Rookie Track Athlete of the Year - Anna Lastra, Stonehill

Men's Rookie Field Athlete of the Year - Kevin Hack, Assumption
Women's Rookie Field Athlete of the Year - Victoria Major, Adelphi 

Men's Coach of the Year - John Wallin, Southern Connecticut
Women's Coach of the Year - Karen Boen, Stonehill^

^ - won the award during the 2015-16 Indoor Season

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About Adelphi Athletics:
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past seven seasons, has collected 21 regular season conference titles, 25 tournament championships, 33 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup three times (2013, 2014, and 2016), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.

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