Senior Jason Ballen and freshmen Eatoniel Brown and Jessie Fotheringham have officially qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Champions
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak and women's soccer senior Mikayla Balio have been nominated for the 2025-26 America East Man and Woman of the Year awards, the conference office announced Thursday.
Eleven Highlander athletic programs earned a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score as the NCAA released its academic success data for the 2024-25 academic year on Tuesday.
The APR measures the academic performance of student-athletes by tracking eligibility, retention and graduation rates among scholarship student-athletes. The Highlanders posted an institutional APR average of 992.
The following programs recorded a perfect 1000 single-year APR score for 2024-25:
Freshman Blake Piscitiello has been named the 2026 America East Rookie of the Year, headlining a group of six NJIT Highlanders who earned All-Conference recognition, the league office announced Wednesday.
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak has been named one of 42 winter recipients of the 2025-26 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, recognizing excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership.
NJIT men's volleyball capped a perfect home season with a 14–0 record, defeating visiting Sacred Heart, 3-1, in the regular-season finale for both teams inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.
The NJIT men's volleyball swept the weekend series from visiting Charleston (WV) 3-1 Saturday afternoon in EIVA Conference men's volleyball action inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.
With the win, NJIT moves to 16-8 overall on the season, 7-3 in the EIVA. The Highlanders are one of three Division I teams undefeated at home (12-0) joining UCLA (9-0) and Maryland Eastern Shore (8-0).
NJIT, which hit .286 for the match, dropped the first set 25-17 but bounced back in the next three sets to secure the 3-1 home victory, 31-29, 25-15 and 25-22.
NJIT swept visiting Merrimack 3-0 to conclude the non-conference slate on Friday afternoon inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. NJIT (14-8 overall) won in straight sets 25-16, 26-24 and 25-19 for the Highlanders 10th win of the season at home, remaining perfect in Newark.
The NJIT men's lacrosse team recorded its first America East Conference victory of the season with a 13-7 win over visiting Binghamton Saturday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.
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Paul Veltrup finished fifth, while freshman Fabio Mastromarino placed seventh in men's épée at the 2026 NCAA Men's Fencing Championships, hosted by the University of Notre Dame.