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For UMBC Athletics, a Triple Crown




For the third consecutive year since joining the Northeast Conference (NEC), UMBC Athletics took home the Commissioner's Cup, awarded annually to the school that performs the best in the league's 21 sports.

The Retrievers claimed four NEC championships this spring, including winning men's and women's tennis titles--becoming the first school in NEC history to earn back-to-back sweeps in both men's and women's tennis. Men's golf captured yet another championship, and the Retrievers also won their first-ever NEC championship in baseball.

Three coaches received Coach of the Year honors--Pat Kotten (golf) for the second time in three years, Felix Hou (volleyball), and Keith Puryear (tennis). The Retrievers also captured the locally televised "Battle of Baltimore" basketball tournament. UMBC shotputter Cleopatra Borel competed in both the 2001 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where she finished in the top eight in the nation on both occasions and earned All-American honors.

UMBC athletes were no slackers in the classroom, either. Nearly 200 student-athletes had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher last spring, and 16 had perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs.

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