UW-Stevens Point Places 16th in NACDA Director�s Cup Standings

     The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point had another impressive finish in the NCAA Division III Director�s Cup standings, placing 16th among 424 Division III schools to rank in the top 20 for the seventh straight year. The standings, which measure the top overall athletic program in Division III, are sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Sears had sponsored the standings for the previous seven years.

Points are awarded based on finishes in NCAA tournament competition. UW-Stevens Point qualified for NCAA tournaments in 10 of its 20 sports with wrestling posting the highest finish at third place. Men�s indoor track and field placed seventh and men�s cross country was 11th. Men�s basketball and women�s soccer were the only team sports to qualify for the postseason.

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference had three of the top 16 finishers as UW-Oshkosh was eighth with 561.5 points and UW-La Crosse was 10th with 512.5 points. UW-Stevens Point totaled 478.5 points.

Williams (Mass.) easily won its fifth straight overall title with 1,158.25 points. Emory (Ga.) was second with 779 points.

UW-Stevens Point Sears Cup Finishes

Year                            Place   Points
2002-03                       16th     478.5
2001-02                       6th       656.5
2000-01                       6th       538       
1999-00                       7th       548
1998-99                       17th     230
1997-98                       7th       355
1996-97                       11th     429
1995-96                       38th     258

 (Note: The NACDA Director�s Cup program began in 1995-96)