North Coast Athletic Conference

Preseason All-American 🌟🏈

Congratulations to DePauw University Tigers' Palmer Samuels and WASHUBears' Brady Cavan on being named to D3football.com's 2026 Preseason All-America Third Team!

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DePauw's Samuels, WashU's Cavan Named D3football.com Preseason All-Americans MINNEAPOLIS, MN - D3football.com announced its 2026 Division III Preseason All-America teams, and two North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) student-athletes earned recognition. DePauw senior tight end Palmer Samuels (Muncie, IL/Delta) and Washington University in St. Louis senior offensive lineman....

The gridiron's calling ☎️

100 days until kickoff for the 2026 Opendorse Bowl Series! 🏈🔥

📆 11.21.26
📍 Canton, OH
🏟️ Pro Football Hall of Fame

Stay tuned for more info. 🔔👀

Academic Excellence ⚽️📚

Congratulations to the 12 North Coast Athletic Conference men's and women's soccer programs on earning United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards!

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12 NCAC Programs Collect United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards KANSAS CITY, MO - United Soccer Coaches announced its College Team Academic Award winners, recognizing programs for their exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2025-26 academic year.

COBALT GOLF & GCAA ACADEMIC HONORS 📚⛳

25 North Coast Athletic Conference golfers earned 2025-26 GCAA Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors, and six NCAC programs earned GCAA Team Academic Awards — Kenyon Athletics and Wabash College Athletics with President's Special Recognition, and Denison University Sports, DePauw University Tigers, John Carroll University Athletics and Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics as All-Academic Teams. 🏆

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Six Teams, 25 Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors from GCAA NORMAN, OK -- The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced the 2025-26 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars and PLATFORM Golf Team Academic Award recipients this week. The North Coast Athletic Conference was highlighted by six programs earning the Team Academic Award and 25 student-athletes....

GOLDEN TEAM ⚾️🏆

Wooster Athletics' Rick Sforzo '87 and Jake Frank '05 and Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics' Drew Caravella '02 were named to D3baseball.com's 50th Anniversary "Golden Team," just 68 players chosen as the best of the best from Division III baseball's first 50 years.

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NCAC Trio Earns Spots on D3baseball.com's 50th Anniversary Golden Team MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Three North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) baseball standouts were among the honorees on the D3baseball.com 50th Anniversary Team. Also known as the Golden Team, D3baseball.com recognizes the "best of the best" from the first 50 years of Division III baseball. Wooster placed tw...

2026 NCAC Don Hunsinger Award Winner 👑

Recent Kenyon Athletics graduate and men's swimming & diving student-athlete Ethan Manske has been named the recipient of the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Don Hunsinger Award.

Congratulations on all your accomplishments, Ethan! 👏

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Kenyon’s Manske Tabbed 2026 Hunsinger Award Winner CLEVELAND, OH -- Recent Kenyon College graduate and men's swimming & diving student-athlete Ethan Manske (Santa Fe, NM/St. Michaels) has been named the recipient of the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Don Hunsinger Award.

2026 NCAC Pam Smith Award Winner 👑

Recent Kenyon Athletics graduate and soccer and swimming & diving student-athlete Brooke Heis has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Pam Smith Woman of the Year Award.

Congratulations on all your accomplishments, Brooke! 👏

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Kenyon’s Heis Selected as 2026 Pam Smith Award Recipient CLEVELAND, OH -- Recent Kenyon College graduate and soccer and swimming & diving student-athlete Brooke Heis (Cincinnati, OH/Forest Hills) has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Pam Smith Award.

Happy National Golf Month from the NCAC! ️⛳️

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2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Football Preseason Poll 📊🏈

John Carroll University Athletics grabs the top spot in the 2026 Preseason Coaches' Poll, securing 6-of-10 first-place votes and 95 total points, while DePauw University Tigers sits right behind at No. 2 with four first-place votes and 93 points.

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Happy National Soccer Day from the North Coast Athletic Conference! ⚽️

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