and ultimate. The men's club lacrosse team finished the 2006 season ranked No. 3 in the National Collegiate Club Lacrosse Poll, with a 13–1 record. Since its founding in 2003, the team captured two state championships, a regional championship, and a third-place national finish. In 2000, the Eckerd's men's club volleyball Team won the NIRSA Division II Sports Club Volleyball Championships in Reno, Nevada. In 2020, the college received the Presidents’ Award from the NCAA after boasting an Academic Success Rate (ASR) of 94—marking the 10th consecutive year Eckerd has achieved an ASR of 90 or above. Also in 2020, the Eckerd Athletics Department was a finalist for the NCAA Division II Award of Excellence for its work with the 10th annual Christmas for Kids event held in December 2019. Eckerd Athletics was recognized for conducting events that promote student-athletes giving back and serving as leaders within their communities or on their campus. Notable people Alumni Arts Dorothy Allison (1971), writer. Hank Green (2002), author, professional vlogger and entrepreneur. Levi Hummon (2012), country music artist, singer and songwriter. Douglas Lain, novelist. Dennis Lehane (1988), writer, Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, former writer-in-residence, and co-founder/co-director of Writers in Paradise. Arto Lindsay, guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. Jay Baron Nicorvo (1999), writer. Politics Jeffrey J. Berger (1978), state representative, District 73 district, Connecticut House of Representatives. Frank Farkas (1993), former Florida State Representative. Bob Gualtieri (2000), law enforcement officer, lawyer, and politician Michael P. Hein (1987), county executive of Ulster County, New York. Janet C. Long (2002), member of the Florida House of Representatives. Science and Technology Carlos Barbas III (1985), former chemist for Scripps Research Institute whose research focused on developing therapeutic approaches to treating cancer and HIV Bill Curtis (1971), software engineer who lead the development of the Capability Maturity Model. Tessa M. Hill (1999), associate vice provost for academic programs—public scholarship and engagement, University of California, Davis Laura Helmuth (1991), editor in chief of Scientific American Harry Johns (1990), CEO and President, Alzheimer's Association Eve Konstan (1989), General Counsel, Spotify Aaron D. O'Connell (2005), creator of the world's first quantum machine. Mark Pauline (1977) founder and director of Survival Research Labs. James W. Pennebaker (1971), American social psychologist. Mark Tluszcz (1989), venture capitalist known for Skype and Wix. Stephen Updegraff (1984), early contributor of LASIK. Sports Craig Albernaz (2005), Major League Baseball coach for the San