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Washington Finishes 22nd in Directors' Cup
Junior pole vaulter Jared O'Connor placed second at the NCAA Championships this spring, helping the men's track team to a 16th-place finish.
June 27, 2008
CLEVELAND - With the dust having settled on the 2007-08 NCAA season, the University of Washington once again has taken its place among the most distinguished athletic programs in the nation, ranking 22nd in the final standings for the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup.
The Directors' Cup is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), United States Sports Academy and USA Today to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III and the NAIA.
Washington's performance is an improvement from last season's No. 29 ranking, and marks UW's eighth Top-25 placing since the Cup's inception in 1993-94. It is Washington's seventh Top-25 standing in the last eight seasons.
"Competitive success is a goal of each of our 23 sports programs," said acting Director of Athletics Scott Woodward, "so to be ranked in the top 25 of Division I institutions indicates that significant strides are being made in that direction. As always, we are striving to improve across the board so we can finish even higher next year."
Washington scored a total of 745.25 points in the Director's Cup, which is based solely on NCAA championship competition. The Huskies scored in women's crew (2nd), men's golf (7th), women's cross country (8th), men's indoor track & field (10th), women's swimming (12th), men's outdoor track & field (16th), men's soccer (17th), softball (17th), volleyball (17th), gymnastics (19th), women's indoor track & field (22nd), men's tennis (33rd), women's tennis (33rd), and women's golf (49th).
The Huskies were sixth among Pac-10 schools. The Conference of Champions lived up to its billing, placing four teams in the Top-10, most of any conference.
Washington has finished as high as eighth-place twice before, in 1997-98 and again in 2003-04.
The U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between NACDA and USA Today. The United States Sports Academy, based in Daphne, Alabama, is the program's sponsor. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports - 10 men's and 10 women's.
