GREENSBORO, N.C. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced the recipients of the 2019-20 Team Academic Excellence Award, with seven Heartland Collegiate Athletic Association (HCAC) teams honored among the ranks.
CARMEL, Ind. -- After extensive deliberations, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Council of Presidents has unanimously voted to modify the timing of conference competition and championships for fall sports classified by the NCAA as high contact risk (football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball). The Conference will move the start of those sports’ competitive seasons to the spring. The HCAC is committed to offering engaging athletic experiences for student athletes in these sports with extensive team activities this fall followed by spring competitive seasons. In adjusting to the challenges presented by the pandemic, these modifications maintain safety as the highest priority but help ensure the opportunity for as much participation as possible in each HCAC sport.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 1,313 teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year’s record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) commissioner, Jay Jones, was featured in the Cincy Magazine, concerning fall athletics and the various approaches to play sports across the country during a global pandemic.
CARMEL, Ind. – In an effort to be proactive in communicating with its larger community of participants and supporters, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) is continuing to provide updates to the public on planning related to athletic activities at regular 15-day intervals until the start of the fall seasons.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced Defiance College soccer and track and field athlete Madison Bowman and Anderson University track and field standout Mariah Murray as the conference nominees for the 2019-20 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
ANDERSON, Ind. - The Anderson University athletics department and athletic director Marcie Taylor have selected Matt Moore as the head men's and women's tennis coach, which was announced on Monday.
HANOVER, Ind. – Justin Tereshko, formerly the University of Louisville assistant men's golf coach, has been named the head coach for the Hanover College men's and women's golf programs, Vice President for Athletics Lynn Hall announced Wednesday.
Update – June 25th: Following a positive past 15-days of continued policy development and dialogue, the HCAC remains on track to conduct athletics activities at all ten member schools this fall.
CARMEL, Ind. – In an effort to be proactive in communicating with its larger community of participants and supporters, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) is continuing to provide updates to the public on planning related to athletic activities at regular 15-day intervals until the start of the fall seasons.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) recognized Brynna Sentel (Sullivan, Ill.) as the 2019-20 Female Athlete of the Year on Monday, following a vote of league officials.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced on Tuesday that Cornell Beachem Jr. (Cincinnati, Ohio) has been selected as the 2019-20 Male Athlete of the Year, following a vote of league officials.
CARMEL, Ind. – Hanover College was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Women’s All-Sports Champion following the 2019-20 campaign. The Panthers accumulated 62.3 points in the standings to garner the award, capturing their ninth overall women’s title.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Men’s All-Sports Trophy following the completion of the 2019-20 season. This is the Fightin’ Engineers 11th title since the awards inception.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Hanover College Panthers have been crowned the 2019-20 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Commissioner’s Cup Champions. This is the 15th annual Commissioners Cup and is awarded to the institution whose athletic department registers the most all-sports points in both men’s and women’s athletics over the course of the academic year. The Panthers accumulated 104.94 points to claim the title, their second straight year earning the honor.
CARMEL, Ind. – Since its formation, the mission of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has been to administer safe, competitive and equitable collegiate athletic competition for its member schools and student-athletes. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, that mission continues to guide us. Everyone involved, at all levels, of intercollegiate athletics and higher education has anxiety about what lies ahead in the coming days and months. While the path forward is currently unclear, the HCAC and its member institutions are committed to navigating the unpredictable terrain over the course of the next few months with the best interest of the student-athletes guiding its decision making.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the spring honorees for Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC. Academic All-Conference selections have at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and are varsity athletes.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the Christopher M. Ragsdale Sportsmanship teams for the Spring 2020 season.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference will host a live Zoom session with former professional sports executive turned Mental Health Advocate, Eric Kussin on Tuesday, May 5 from 6-8 p.m. as a part of NCAA Division III Mental Health Awareness week and the HCAC SAAC’s Mental Health Awareness Campaign Initiative.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced it has reached an agreement with rSchoolToday to serve as the league’s official Conference Scheduling Solution. rSchoolToday is excited to partner with this forward-thinking conference to provide a new and innovative game scheduling solution at the collegiate level.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Rudy Yovich, former athletic director at Defiance College, recently passed away unexpectedly. He led Defiance's athletic department from 2014-17.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – Athletics brings people together – teams often join forces to fight for something bigger than the self. As a faculty mentor for the women’s basketball and softball teams, Manchester University faculty member Dr. Heather Schilling, Director of Teacher Education, knew the Spartans were on her team, but she never imaged how they would team up to fight for her.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – Athletics brings people together – teams often join forces to fight for something bigger than the self. As a faculty mentor for the women’s basketball and softball teams, Manchester University faculty member Dr. Heather Schilling, Director of Teacher Education, knew the Spartans were on her team, but she never imaged how they would team up to fight for her.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the winter honorees for Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC. Academic All-Conference selections have at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and are varsity athletes.
CARMEL, Ind. – After thoughtful deliberation, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC), with support from its 10 institution presidents, has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 athletic season, including the league’s spring sports seasons and respective championships events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) continues to closely monitor the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on our member institutions’ campus operations. The health and safety of our student-athletes is our highest priority. With the decision of many of our member institutions to extend spring break periods, have students return to their homes, and/or shift to online learning environments, the HCAC Presidents Council, at the direction of the HCAC Commissioner and in consultation with the HCAC Administrative Council has implemented the following policy:
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has selected Dennis Jackson as the conference's Supervisor of Football Officials heading into the 2020 season.
CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC), like so many others across the world, is closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact upon our sporting events and member campuses. The priority of the Conference and our member schools is the health and well-being of our student-athletes, campus communities, staffs and all who attend HCAC events.
2019-20 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award winners announced
July 31, 2020GREENSBORO, N.C. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced the recipients of the 2019-20 Team Academic Excellence Award, with seven Heartland Collegiate Athletic Association (HCAC) teams honored among the ranks.
