The CFCC Foundation and Sea Devil Athletics are partnering with NewBridge Bank to bring the Wilmington community the 2nd Annual Bridge to Bridge 4.0 run / 1.0 walk, which is a 4-mile course that will take participants from the Isabel Holmes Bridge to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge through some of the most scenic areas of downtown Wilmington, NC. The race for scholarships will take place Thursday, June 13th, at 6:30 pm. The finish line will consist of a celebration inside the Schwartz Center with food, beverages and community supporters. Funds raised will support student scholarships at CFCC.

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Wilmington, N.C. – Today, Cape Fear Community College Athletics announced a partnership with Presto Sports, an industry leader in the creation and maintenance of official athletic websites and mobile applications for colleges and universities, to provide an enhanced athletics website giving Sea Devil fans a superior experience at www.goseadevils.com.

Going beyond the traditional athletics website functionality by providing news releases, game recaps, and basic information about the Athletics Department, the new website will provide extensive amount of content for all intercollegiate sports at CFCC and allow for better promotion of the College.

“It’s an exciting time for Sea Devil Athletics,” said Robert McGee, Director of Athletics for CFCC. “The launch of our new website is the product of a lot of hard work between PrestoSports and our staff. Specifically, Mrs. Kristen Gerth deserves a lot of credit for doing an outstanding job as our project manager. I’d also like to thank the PrestoSports development team. They worked day and night with our staff to make this happen.”

Among the new and enhanced features on GOSEADEVILS.COM include:

• Improved overall sleek design
• Story rotator to include featured articles
• Preview, releases, event recap
• Social media integration
• Corporate sponsorship recognition scrolling bar
• Exclusive on-demand and live video content
• Sea Devil Headlines Email Blast
• Statistics feed to the NJCAA to include box scores and overall season stats
• Live video streaming capabilities
• Photo galleries
• Local weather widget
• Staff directory and roster bios
• Composite event calendar
• Championship scrolling banner

Women's volleyball lead the way

WILMINGTON, NC - For the fifth straight year, Cape Fear Community College student-athletes maintained a higher grade point average than the CFCC student body, while a total of 54 Sea Devils earned a GPA of at least a 3.0 or higher for the 2010-11 fall & spring terms.

Following the 2011 spring semester, and after tracking the 10th consecutive semester(5 Years) of grade point averages amongst the college transfer student body, the Sea Devil student-athletes earned higher GPA’s each semester than their counterparts.

The 2010-11 women's volleyball posted the highest team GPA for the year, and was recognized as a NJCAA All-Academic Team with a GPA over the 3.00 threshold for second time, while the men's golf, women's soccer, cheerleading, men's soccer and basketball ranked respectively. Along with team accolades, Rebecca Morris(Women’s Soccer) was awarded for Exemplary Academic Achievement with a 3.75 cumulative GPA.

Sea Devil athletics also celebrated the graduation and/or transfer of over 35 student-athletes(sophomores)this academic year, which in turn pursued higher institutions of learning and competition.

"Our student-athletes ability to balance academics and athletics is impressive, and we look to improve on those marks," stated Director of Athletics Robert McGee.

"They are to be congratulated for such a strong performance over the 5 year span. Our coaching staff and the CFCC Faculty and Staff, all deserve the recognition as well – it’s a team effort.”

McGee added, "The education of our student-athletes is our primary mission, and we are committed to building a program that excels in academics, athletics and supports our very own community. Academics are a priority here at CFCC, and we will continue to pursue academic excellence while representing the College on the court and field of play.”

2011-11-02