Full NEC Release


NORFOLK, Va., July 12, 2022 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) supports the decisions of six of its institutions to join the Northeast Conference (NEC) as associate members for baseball and men’s golf and wishes them continued success on the diamond and golf course.
 
The baseball programs at Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore and Norfolk State, and the men’s golf programs at Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore and North Carolina Central will compete in the NEC beginning in the 2022-23 academic year.
 
The student-athletes at these schools deserve the opportunity to compete for an automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball and Men’s Golf Championships on a yearly basis, and this move will allow them to do so.
 
These six institutions remain firmly committed as full members of the MEAC, and this move solely involves their respective baseball and men’s golf programs. We look forward to their continued competition in MEAC athletics, which encompasses 14 men’s and women’s sports. In the event that membership expansion increases the number of baseball and men’s golf programs in the MEAC, it is our expectation that these programs will return.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 52^nd year of intercollegiate competition with the 2022 -23 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically Black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.