GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Two member institutions of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) have been recommended by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Membership Committee for active status after successfully completing the Division III provisional membership process, the NCAA announced Monday.

NEAC members Penn State Abington and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cobleskill join Spalding University (Louisville, Ky.) as the three schools recommended by the committee after its meeting in Indianapolis on June 18-19.  If those institutions are approved by both the NCAA Division III Management Council and the NCAA Division III President's Council in July, they will begin active status in Division III by September 1.

SUNY Cobleskill has been a member of the NEAC since 2008, while Abington joined the conference in 2009.

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has thirteen NCAA Division III member institutions which include: Cazenovia College, College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College, Lancaster Bible College, Pennsylvania State University - Abington, Pennsylvania State University - Berks, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Institute of Technology, SUNY Morrisville State College, Wells College, and Wilson College.  Associate members are: Hilbert College (M Lacrosse), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse) and Rutgers University - Camden (M Golf and M Tennis).  The North Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the North Atlantic Conference in the sports of baseball, women's lacrosse, and men's and women's tennis.