Five Finish In Top 33 of Directors’ Cup Standings
Official NACDA Release
MADISON, Wis.--Five Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schools have finished in the top 33 of the 2013-14 NCAA Division III Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup final standings. The standings recognize the best NCAA Division III overall athletics programs in the country.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater secured the highest-ever finish for a WIAC institution, placing second with 1134.75 points. UW-La Crosse tied for 13th with 647 points, UW-Oshkosh 17th with 576, UW-Eau Claire 22nd with 500.25 and UW-Stevens Point 33rd with 412.50. The conference has placed at least one team in the top 10 of the standings 18 times in the 19-year history of the award.
Additional WIAC schools earning a spot in the Directors’ Cup rankings included: UW-Stout tied for 78th with 248 points; UW-Platteville tied for 127th with 160.50; and UW-River Falls 220th with 72.50. A total of 326 schools earned points in this year’s competition.
The WIAC captured six national titles during the 2013-14 academic year as UW-Whitewater won football, men’s basketball, baseball and women’s gymnastics (National Collegiate Gymnastics Association). UW-La Crosse claimed the men's indoor track & field crown and UW-Oshkosh earned the walnut and bronze trophy in women's indoor track & field. The six championships are the most for the conference since the 2005-06 academic year when seven first-place trophies were captured. The five NCAA Division III national championships in 2013-14 increases the conference's all-time total to 103.
Williams College (Mass.) secured its 17th Directors’ Cup title with 1225.25 points, while Johns Hopkins University (Md.) trailed UW-Whitewater in third with 977.50, Washington University (Mo.) took fourth with 924.25 and Amherst College (Mass.) fifth with 914.50.
The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 18 sports - nine women’s and nine men’s.
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