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Cater Named MEC Men's Sports Coach Of The Year

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Shepherd University's Monte Cater has been named the Mountain East Conference Men's Sports Coach of the Year for 2015-16.

Cater led Shepherd to its finest season in school history as the Rams went 13-1 and made their first appearance in the NCAA Championship game. By virtue of its unbeaten regular season and MEC championship, Shepherd earned the top seed in Super Region I in the NCAA Playoffs, and then knocked off Indiana (Pa.), Slippery Rock and perennial national power Grand Valley State on its way to the finals. Shepherd became just the third school to represent Super Region I in the NCAA Championship game since 2000. SU finished second in the AFCA poll and earned the NCAA Division II Lambert Award as the top team in eastern college football.

Cater was named the MEC Coach of the Year and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Region Coach of the Year. He was also given the Fufari award for the top collegiate coach in West Virginia as selected by the West Virginia Sportswriters Association.

The MEC Men's Sports Coach of the Year is selected by a vote of institutional administrators and the conference office.