ECAC Awards Rich Ensor with Distinguished Service Award
DANBURY, Conn. – The ECAC is proud to honor long-time MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor with its very first award for distinguished service to intercollegiate athletics.
The ECAC Board created the award, to be conveyed annually, to honor an individual whose contributions over time have made an indelible mark on the field of intercollegiate athletics, with respect to their achievements, leadership, vision, dedication, collegiality and mentorship. The recipient’s career must have some connection to the ECAC.
As a part of the award, a long form interview is conducted with the recipient covering his or her career and impact. ECAC Commissioner Dan Coonan’s interview with Ensor can be found at this link:
ECAC Distinguished Service Award. In the interview, Ensor also offers some thoughts on the future of intercollegiate athletics.
The ECAC would like to thank Rich for his enduring and consequential contributions to the field of intercollegiate athletics, and for sitting for this interview and receiving this honor.
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The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-two-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the Northeast. The ECAC's esports platform is growing and now totals more than 200 colleges and universities and is expanding the geographic footprint for the conference nationally. The ECAC is also sponsoring competitions and leagues involving other varsity and club sports that do not fall under the umbrella of the NCAA.
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