PIC HONORED WITH CACC TOP XVI AWARD

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/18/18) Dominican College baseball player Corey Pic (Montvale, N.J.) was honored with the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Top XVI Award. Presented at the CACC Championship Banquets, the Top XVI Award is modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Award and is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA) participating at the finals site for each CACC Championship.

Baseball player Corey Pic was honored with the CACC Top XVI Award.

May 18, 2018

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/18/18) Dominican College baseball player Corey Pic (Montvale, N.J.) was honored with the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Top XVI Award. Presented at the CACC Championship Banquets, the Top XVI Award is modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Award and is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA) participating at the finals site for each CACC Championship.

In order to be considered for a CACC Top XVI Award, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, as well as, a member of the active roster. In the event of a tie, it is broken by the total number of credit hours earned. The award debuted in the 2013-14 season, and was named the Top XIV Award after the 14 championship sports the CACC offered. The award changed to the Top XV in 2014-2015, as the conference expanded its championship offerings to 15 sports with the addition of men's track & field. In 2017-2018, the honor was changed to the Top XVI Award to recognize the addition of men's lacrosse as a conference sport.

Academically, Pic (3.95, Business Management) was named the Top Dominican College Male Scholar-Athlete in his freshman, sophomore,junior and senior years. The fifth-year senior is a three-time CACC All-Academic Team selection and in 2016 was inducted into the Dominican College New York Sigma Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, which is The National College Athlete Honor Society.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.