The East Coast Conference has announced its Scholar-Athletes of the Year and senior Zachary Hall from the Roberts Wesleyan University Men's Cross Country and Track and Field teams was the conference choice for the Male Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Roberts Wesleyan garnered three individual sport awards as Hall, Brynn King (Women's Outdoor Track and Field) and Griffin Monrad (Men's Volleyball) each earned awards. All nine of the ECC's core member institutions were represented with award winners, led by Roberts Wesleyan (3) and Molloy (3), followed by Mercy (2), Queens (2), and Staten Island (2), and including Daemen (1), District of Columbia (1), D'Youville (1), and St. Thomas Aquinas (1). Associate indoor track and field member Holy Family (2) and associate women's bowling member Kutztown (1) also made the list. 

The ECC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year, Hall carried a 3.89 as a senior accounting major. Hall opened the fall with a fifth-place finish at the Daemen Alumni Invitational 8k before cruising to his fastest career 8k at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational in 25:15.1. He went on to win the ECC Championship men's individual title in 25:48.5 to help lead Roberts Wesleyan to its 10th consecutive ECC team title.

Hall then posted a blistering 10k PR of 31:27.3 to place third en route to United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) honors at the NCAA East Region Championship. He concluded his season at the NCAA Championship, posting a 10k time of 32:12.7 for 175th in a field of Division II's top cross country runners this fall.