Boston Named Honorary NECC Player of the Week in Wake of Bombings

The City of Boston, including the Boston Police Department, emergency medical services and first responders, have been named an honorary "Player of the Week" by the New England Collegiate Conference.

Each Monday, the NECC recognizes outstanding performances by student-athletes of its member institutions from the week's athletic events. The tremendous effort by the Boston Police Department, emergency medical services and first responders as well as the residents of Boston and the surrounding communities deserved note.

Founded in 2008, the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is a NCAA Division III conference composed of ten private colleges and universities in New England that share a commitment to academic achievement, equality of opportunity, and a program of athletics which contributes to the broad education of their students. Members believe intercollegiate athletics programs are an integral part of the life of member institutions and complement their educational objectives.

Full members are Bay Path College (Longmeadow, Mass.), Becker College (Leicester, Mass.), Daniel Webster College (Nashua, N.H.), Elms College (Chicopee, Mass.), Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.), Mitchell College (New London, Conn.), Newbury College (Brookline, Mass.), Regis College (Weston, Mass.), Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vt.) and Wheelock College (Boston, Mass.).