Lake Erie College
Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles east of Cleveland. As of the 2005-2006 academic year, the enrollment was 653undergraduates and 270 graduate students.
Lake Erie is best known for its equine studies program, which attracts students from across the country and is the most popular major at the college. The Humphrey Equestrian Center is located 5 miles to the south of the main campus, in Concord Township.
Prior to 1986, it was one of three remaining women's colleges in Ohio, along with Ursuline College and Notre Dame College, the latter of which is also now co-educational.
Athletics
Known as the Lake Erie College Storm, the College is currently a member of NCAA's Division III, with 13 varsity teams competing within the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference(AMCC). The College offers basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball for women and baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field for men. Lake Erie also offers football at the club level until the team earns full-fledged varsity status in the fall of 2008.
In 2006-07, the Storm had six of a possible seven teams make it to the conference playoffs, with men's basketball earning an AMCC regular season championship and conference tournament championship for the second consecutive season. The nationally-ranked men's basketball team also made it to the second round of the NCAA Championship while being ranked as the number one team in the Great Lakes Region throughout the entire year.
Lake Erie College is currently undergoing the process to become a member of NCAA Division II, and is expected to complete the process with the conclusion of the 2007-08 academic year.
References
- Lake Erie College: At a Glance - College Board, accessed April 5, 2006
- Lake Erie College: About Us: Facts - Lake Erie College, accessed April 5, 2006
External links
- Lake Erie College - official website
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