East Coast Conference (ECC)
ECC Mission Statement:
The East Coast Conference is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits.
Sportsmanship Statement:
The NCAA, East Coast Conference and Molloy University promote a positive game environment and good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial, or sexist comments or other intimidating actions directed at the officials, student-athletes, coaches or team representatives or other spectators will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. Also, the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages and the use of tobacco products are expressly prohibited.
Conference Goals and Objectives:
Goal:
To enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among East Coast Conference member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way.
Objectives:
- To provide opportunities for students in ECC institutions to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
- To offer a structure that can blend academic integrity and fiscal responsibility into a sound intercollegiate athletic program.
- To encourage member institutions to establish, as their highest priority, the retention and graduation of their student athletes.
- To assist member institutions in the development of athletic programs that adhere to the high standards of the East Coast Conference and the NCAA.
- To develop and maintain a program that fosters sportsmanship, athletic excellence, and camaraderie among its members at every level, from athletes to coaches to fans to administrations.
- To develop a competitive athletic program that is an integral part of and enhances the academic mission of its member institutions.
- To provide a meaningful collegiate experience dedicated to the development of the total person.
- To recognize outstanding athletic and academic accomplishments of conference student-athletes.
- To maintain a code of conduct for administrators and coaches that will provide positive role models in the development of conference student-athletes into leaders of the future.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a voluntary organization through which the nation's colleges and universities govern their athletics programs. It comprises more than 1,250 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals committed to the best interests, education and athletics participation of student-athletes.
NCAA Mission:
Core Ideology:
The NCAA's core ideology consists of two notions: core purpose - the organization's reason for being - and core values - essential and enduring principles that guide an organization.
Core Purpose:
Our purpose is to govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.
Core Values:
The Association - through its member institutions, conferences and national office staff - shares a belief in and commitment to:
- The collegiate model of athletics in which students participate as an avocation, balancing their academic, social and athletics experiences.
- The highest levels of integrity and sportsmanship.
- The pursuit of excellence in both academics and athletics.
- The supporting role that intercollegiate athletics plays in the higher education mission and in enhancing the sense of community and strengthening the identity of member institutions.
- An inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation for student-athletes and career opportunities for coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds.
- Respect for institutional autonomy and philosophical differences.
- residential leadership of intercollegiate athletics at the campus, conference and national levels.
