Our mission at Northern Essex Community College is to educate and inspire our students along their career journeys... and celebrate their successes! We're proud to be New England's first Hispanic Serving Institution.
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Our mission at Northern Essex Community College is to educate and inspire our students along their career journeys... and celebrate their successes! We're proud to be New England's first Hispanic Serving Institution.
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Morales Named First Team All-Region, Four Knights Honored
Mirelys Morales (Dracut) was named to the NJCAA Region 21 Women's Basketball All-Region First Team and was among four Knights honored. She was joined on the All Region Teams by McKayla Dingle (Haverhill) who earned Second Team honors while Iesha Burgos (Haverhill) and Kamryn Pastorello (Billerica) picked up Honorable Mention recognition. Morales led Region 21 in scoring at 17.9 points per game while she ranked third in field goal percentage at 44.7%. On the defensive side of the ball she ranked second in the region 185 total rebounds averaging 9.5 per game over 20 games. She had a career high 37 points in the teams double overtime regional semi-final victory over Massasoit including a pair of free throws in the closing seconds of the first extra period to force the second overtime. Dingle finished seventh in the region with 13.4 points per game including a career high 25 on November 18th against Quinsgiamond. On the defensive side of the ball she averaged 3.8 steals per game which ranked third in the region. Grabbing spots on the honorable mention squad, Pastorello averaged 6.8 points per game to go along with five rebounds. Burgos recorded a tick under four rebounds per game to go along with 2.3. As a team, the Knights the finished with a 12-9 overall record and 9-3 record in conference play following a 13-year hiatus of not having an intercollegiate team on campus. The Knights made a run in the regional tournament before falling to Community College of Rhode Island in the championship game
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Mar 5
Reynoso, SamMbaka, Stratton Earn Region 21 Honors
For the second consecutive year Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) has been named the NJCAA Region 21 Player of the Year and First Team All-Region honoree, while Head Coach Darren Stratton has been named the Region 21 Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. Edwin SamMbaka (Paris, FR) has also been recognized as he was selected to the All-Region Third Team. Reynoso, one of the nation's most prolific all-around performers picks up the double recognition once again as he ranks nationally in several categories on both the offensive and defensive side of the court. In 28 games played, he's averaged 13.5 rebounds per games which ranks fourth in the country, while ranking 15th in total points with 546 and 19.5 points per game. His 135 assists are good for 18th in the country and his 65 steals rank 25th in the country. SamMbaka, the regions premiere defensive player appeared started all 30 games he's appeared in while guarding the oppositions top offensive threat and each game holding the opponent's top scorer below their season scoring average. In the process he picked up two steals per game and averaged 7.4 rebounds to go along with 34 blocked shots. On the offensive side of the ball he averaged 8.2 points per game. Stratton, the mastermind behind the resurgence of the Northern Essex basketball team since rejoining the program in the spring of 2020 led the Knights to their second consecutive unbeaten conference season and an overall record of 30-1, with a national ranking as high as two at the seasons midpoint, before finishing the season ranked third in the country. The Knights became the first men's program to win back to back region championships since Springfield Tech in 2003 and 2004.
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Mar 5
Luis Reynoso named NJCAA Basketball Player of the Week
Second year Luis Reynoso (Lawrence) of the Northern Essex Community College men's basketball has been named the NJCAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending January 28th. This is Reynoso's second career player of the week honor as he earned the recognition in November of 2022.
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Jan 31
Vielka Sanchez named NJCAA Volleyball All-American
Northern Essex Community College volleyball's freshman setter Vielka Sanchez (Lawrence) was named an NJCAA Volleyball All-American as announced today by the NJCAA Volleyball Committee. Sanchez, the Region 21 volleyball Player of the Year becomes the second All-America selection in the history of the Knights volleyball program. She was one of 30 student-athletes honored across two All-America teams and honorable mention selections.
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2023 Nov 28
Jadiel Bonfim Named First Team NJCAA All-American
Northern Essex Community College freshman men's soccer standout Jadiel Bonfim (Nashua, NH) has been named a First Team NJCAA All-American as announced today by the NJCAA Soccer Committee. The Region 21 Player of the Year becomes the first, First Team All-America selection in the history of the men's soccer program for the Knights. 22 total players were named All-Americans, 11 on both the first and second teams. The 22 players selected represented 13 different teams. Bonfim was one of two players from Region 21 named to the All-America teams.
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2023 Nov 28
Region 21 Fall Semester Athletic Directors Honor Roll
In order to be selected for The Region 21 Fall Semester Athletic Directors Honor Roll students must have been enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies and achieved a semester GPA of 3.2 or higher.
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2023 Feb 15