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For thirty years, the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC), formerly the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC), has provided the setting for student-athletes at small colleges to live out their passions on the playing field. CSAC student-athletes compete for the love of the game and respect their opponents, knowing they have endured many of the same obstacles in their academic career, and life.
This digital publication is an artifact of where the conference stands among a transformational time in college athletics. The absence of in-person activity during the recent COVID-19 pandemic brought a renewed significance for the role that training, competing, and connecting with others toward a common goal have on the overall well-being of student-athletes and those who support them. Returning to the playing field has felt even more special. Schools have committed to athletics as an integral part of the student experience, and student-athletes more than ever, are empowered to actualize their voice and identity for change.
We now celebrate the history of the CSAC
by looking back at the successes of our member institutions.
- MARIE STROMAN, COMMISSIONER
www.csacsports.com
I love what the Colonial States Athletic Conference offers to the students in our ten member schools. For the last 30 years, CSAC has provided great, balanced competition for student athletes. No one school dominates the conference. In many CSAC schools, twenty-five percent or more of the student body are on CSAC teams. We celebrate the value and power of athletics for student development.
We also push hard on academic success, and CSAC athletes excel. After all, college ends, and athletes need the degree as a door to a career. And though the degree creates the opportunity, it is the soft skills that turn a job into a career – skills in collaboration, conflict resolution, being a self-starter, and more. Those are outcomes of participating in CSAC athletics. Our coaches and mentors model, teach, and hone skills that make all the difference once our athletes graduate.
Sometimes I am told that students miss out on a great college experience if they do not attend a huge university. I could not disagree more strongly. It’s the personal interaction that creates a great experience. CSAC is all about crafting a powerful athletic experience, focusing on the student/coach relationships that make the long-term difference for athletes. For three
decades, our athletes have reaped the benefits of that goal.
- DR. JAMES R. LYTLE, PRESIDENT OF CLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY
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