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Chris Breen is entering his third season as Associate Director of Academic
Support Services for Student-Athletes, after spending a year as an Academic
Advisor at Seton Hall.
Breen is the primary liaison between the men’s basketball program and Seton
Hall’s academic community. He works directly with the men’s basketball
team on a daily basis, setting up class schedules, tests and tutoring sessions.
Breen oversees the academic progress for all of the players and guides them
towards their degrees in their respective courses of study.
Breen earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fordham
University in 2001, where he was a linebacker on the varsity football team. He
earned a Master of Arts in School Counseling in 2006.
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Breen currently resides in Hoboken, N.J.
chris breen
associate director, academic support services
third SEASON � fordham ‘01
robin cunningham
academic & life skills consultant
Robin Cunningham, a former standout student-athlete at Seton Hall and
member of the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame, assists the men’s basketball
program as an academic and life skills consultant. Cunningham currently works
for Seton Hall in the Freshman Studies Department as a Mentor and the Director
of the Seton Summer Scholars program. She was the university’s Director of
Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes from 1984-2004.
Cunningham’s work with Pirate student-athletes was widely recognized,
both nationally and within the Seton Hall community. She was honored in
1991 with the Outstanding Adviser Award as presented by ACT/NACADA, the
national organization for Academic Advisers. She received a Distinguished
Service Award in April of 1994 from the Ernst and Young Law Symposium at
the Seton Hall Law School and received the President’s Award for Excellence in
Service to Students for an administrator in May, 1996. Cunningham was honored
by the men’s basketball program with its “Most Valuable Person” award. In
2005, Cunningham was recognized as the Woman of the Year by the university
community. Most recently, she received the Alunni Humanitarian Award from
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
the University in 2008.
Between 1995 and 2000, Cunningham served as the chair of the Selection
Committee for the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. The purpose of
the Leadership Conference is to bring student-athletes together from across the
country to share experiences and learn how to create change on their own campuses
through community based leadership strategies.
Cunningham was the fi rst woman ever to receive an athletic scholarship to
Seton Hall, and was also the fi rst inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame
in 1984. She fi nished her basketball career with 1,003 points, which currently
ranks her 16th on the all-time scoring list. In 1981, she became the fi rst Pirate
women’s athlete to have her uniform number, 32, retired. Cunningham also
played tennis and softball at Seton Hall, posting a 52-15 career record for the
tennis team.
Cunningham graduated in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in English, in 1984
earned her master’s degree in counseling and special services, and received her
Ed. S. degree in secondary education in 1994.