A few things you should know about Explorers Athletics....
La Salle student-athletes boast a 93% graduation rate for students who have exhausted their eligibility, which is among the nation's leaders.
La Salle was identified as the 53rd best program of all-time by Street and Smith's college basketball publication.
La Salle is one of 17 schools to win both the post-season NIT (1952) and NCAA (1954) Tournaments.
La Salle has had three NCAA National Basketball Players of the Year (Tom Gola, Michael Brooks, and Lionel Simmons).
La Salle has three of the top five point scorers in Big Five history (Simmons, Brooks and Gola).
The 1980 Women's Field Hockey team won the National Championship.
La Salle has had 17 Olympians, including four gold medalists.
Track and Cross-Country Coach Charles Torpey has received 16 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Honors.
The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have won a combined 15 Atlantic 10 Championships during the past nine years.
The Athletic Department's Project Teamwork was honored for the seventh consecutive year by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports for its community service and youth outreach program.
2008-2009 Highlights
228 La Salle student-athletes were selected to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
44 La Salle student-athletes received All-Atlantic 10 Conference Honors.
11 Atlantic 10 Individual Champions.
12 Student-Athletes were named Academic All-Conference.
6 Teams recognized as All-Academic Teams by their respective coaches' associations: Field Hockey, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Indoor Track & Field
3 Academic All-American honors for La Salle student-athletes: Yves Mekongo Mbala (Men's Basketball), Christa Plummer (Outdoor Track), and Trevon Rainford (Outdoor Track).
1 Atlantic 10 Performer of the Year Awards: Christa Plummer (Outdoor Track). |
