Eastern Student-Athlete Anna Madeleine Dalberg Wins Spring LEC Award

2018 Apr 25

Fourteen student athletes from Eastern Connecticut State University received Little East Conference (LEC) awards in late March and April. The students represent six different teams and included three repeat winners.

Among the awardees is Anna Madeleine Dalberg '20 of Piteaa, who majors in Communication. Dalberg was selected as the LEC women's track Athlete-of-the-Week for the week of April 22nd. The freshman won the long jump in a field of 10 competitors with a mark of 17-7 (5.37m) at the Eastern Connecticut State University Invitational Friday, helping Eastern to first place in a field of four teams. Dalberg's distance was the best among 14 participants in the event, which included three members from the University of Connecticut club team.

The Little East Conference (LEC) was established in 1986 as a single-sport league by six public institutions throughout New England. The LEC has since become a multi-sport league with eight primary members, six affiliate members and 19 championships.

Eastern offers a broad-based, Division III athletic program aimed at safeguarding the amateur aspects of the various sports and maintaining the proper perspective of athletics within Eastern's academic mission. By placing emphasis on the values of equity, diversity, sportsmanship, health and wellbeing, Eastern's athletic program encourages students to contribute more effectively to our society and live richer, fuller lives.