GREENWOOD, Ind. - With the conclusion of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference spring championships, Cedarville University clinched the top spot in the final standings to bring home the 2014-15 Presidents’ Cup.
2014-15 Cedarville University Presidents' Cup Champions Page
The Presidents' Cup will be presented to Cedarville next week during an end-of-the-year banquet in Louisville, Ky., where the G-MAC will also announce the male and female G-MAC Collegiate Award winners at that time.
2014-15 Presidents' Cup Recap:
2014-15 marked the third year overall in the young history of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, just the second active year for the G-MAC as an active NCAA Division II conference.
The conference was approved for active membership after spending the first year in the educational assessment program to become an active Division II Conference.
Throughout the year, Alderson Broaddus University, Cedarville University, Central State University, Davis & Elkins College, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Ohio Valley University, Salem International University, Trevecca Nazarene University and Ursuline College, have battled through competition to earn points through their performances at the league championships for the Presidents' Cup standings.
The Presidents’ Cup is annually awarded to the college that has the highest percentage score for sports sponsored within the conference. Cedarville won the 2013-14 Presidents’ Cup while TNU was the initial recipient of the inaugural offering in 2012-13.
Cedarville had 93 points while Trevecca Nazarene’s strong spring pushed the Trojans to second in the standings with 80 points. Alderson Broaddus (68), Kentucky Wesleyan (54) and Davis & Elkins (49) rounded out the list of the top five.
Ursuline (40), Ohio Valley (38), Central State (29) and Salem International (19) completed the overall points standings, respectively.
The Yellow Jackets secured a total of nine G-MAC Championships, including men’s soccer, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, volleyball, women’s basketball, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field and women’s tennis.
The Cedarville women’s basketball team qualified for the NCAA Division II Championship as an at-large selection as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Regional.
Trevecca Nazarene flexed its muscle during the spring, winning men’s and women’s golf, baseball and softball crowns. The Trojans’ softball program won two games in the NCAA Division II Championship Midwest Regional second pod to cap another impressive season.
Other individual honors coming for Cedarville in 2014-15 included Men’s Golf Coach of the Year Zach Brown, Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year Connor Gilmour, Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Year Jarrett Kersten, Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year Brett Faro, Indoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year James Blackwell, Indoor/Outdoor Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year Jeff Bolender, Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year Bolender, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year Bolender, Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Raegan Ryan, Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year Kirk Martin, Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year Dee Morris, Volleyball Freshman of the Year Krissy Pratt, Outdoor Women’s Track & Field Freshman of the Year Carsyn Koch and co-Outdoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Year Ruth Towne.
With an automatic qualifier bid on the line in the G-MAC Championships for 2015-16, competition will continue to be fierce in the race to ultimately claim the next Presidents’ Cup.