PITMAN --- Art Eason and the late Jeff Dean were recognized on Sunday, June 8, as the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s recipients of the Career Recognition Award at the conference’s annual awards brunch in Princeton.
 
The award was created a year ago to honor those who have significantly contributed to the success of the conference and its student-athletes. Two honorees will be chosen each year to be recognized at the awards brunch. Nominations were taken from all 10 full member institutions with the honorees selected based on a vote of the NJAC’s 20-member Board of Athletic Administrators.

 
 

ART EASON, WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY

Served as William Paterson Athletic Director for 31 Years Pioneer Baseball Program Captured NCAA Division III National Championships in Both 1992 and 1996 Under His Leadership Led WPU to 1999 and 2001 Final Four Appearances by Men’s Basketball WPU Captured 27 NJAC Team Championships Under His Leadership Served on the NCAA Division III Management Council Served as President of the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey 1994 Recipient of the CAANJ Garden State Award for Outstanding Service Served as President, Vice President, and Treasurer of the Metropolitan Athletic Directors Association Served as Secretary and Parliamentarian for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Served on the NCAA Minority Opportunities Committee Chaired the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Infractions Committee Served as Vice President and Football Sport Chair of the NJAC

 

JEFF DEAN, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN

Originally Joined Rutgers-Camden as Head Baseball Coach in 1993 Named Coordinator of Intramurals and Recreational Services in 1999 Promoted to Assistant Director of Recreational Services in 1999 Named Interim Athletic Director on December 31, 2012 Selected as the Fifth Athletic Director in School History Rutgers-Camden Captured School’s First NJAC Title in 2003 Under His Leadership (Women’s Basketball) Athletic Program Earned Several NJAC Championships During His Tenure Rutgers-Camden Softball Team Won the NCAA Championship in 2006 Rutgers-Camden Men’s Soccer Advanced to the NCAA Title Game Rutgers-Camden Student-Athletes Captured Numerous All-American and Academic All-American Honors During His Tenure, Including Four Individual National Titles Served as the Chair of the NJAC Membership Committee Longtime Sport Chair of NJAC Baseball