Molloy College

Molloy College is a private Catholic college in Long Island, New York. It provides more than 50 academic undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs for around 4,900 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

In 1941 the Sisters of St. Dominic purchased 25 acres in Rockville Centre. In 1955 the Dominican Sisters of Amityville founded Molloy Catholic College. It was established as a women's college appointing Mother Anselma Ruth, O.p., PH.D., as the first president.

A year later the first institutional building called Quealy Hall opened. Soon after, Mother Bernadette de Lourdes, O.P., was appointed as the second president followed by the opening of Kellenburg Hall. In 1959 the first commencement ceremony took place celebrating the first graduating class. In 1971 its name was changed to Molloy College. In 1972 it began accepting men into the nursing program and in 1982 became fully coeducational.

The athletic program is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II. The teams are known as the Lions. The College has 19 athletic teams: seven men's (soccer, basketball, lacrosse, cross-country, baseball, indoor track & field, and outdoor track and field) and twelve women's (volleyball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, tennis, bowling, field hockey, rugby, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and cross-country). One player from their basketball team, Jaylen Morris, managed to play professionally in the NBA after graduation. In addition to the Molloy Men's Rugby Club, the College's club sports include the equestrian team and the cheerleading and dance squads.

The Molloy College Softball team earned a trip to the College World Series during three out of the last seven seasons. Also, during 2014–15 Molloy had two of its student-athletes named All-American selections.