Monday, May 10, 2004

Hope College Wins 2003-04 Commissioner's Cup

Hope College has won the 2003-04 Commissioner's Cup and the Men's All-Sports award while Calvin College has won the Women's All-Sports Award.

The MIAA presents separate awards for the best cumulative finish in men's and women's sports as well as an award for the best cumulative finish in all league sports (men and women). The separate awards are known as the Men's All-Sports Award and the Women's All-Sports Award while the cumulative award is known as the Commissioners' Cup.

The standings are determined on the basis of each college's standings in eight of nine sports for men and eight of nine sports for women. These point-totals are added together to determine the winner of the Commissioners' Cup.

Commissioner's Cup Standings: 1. Hope 177, 2. Calvin 164, 3. Albion 142, 4.
Alma 105, 5. Kalamazoo 92, 6. Olivet 60, 7. Adrian 59.

Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 85, 2. Albion 73, 3. Calvin 67, 4.
Kalamazoo 42, 5. Alma 36, 6. Adrian 33, 7. Olivet 30.

Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 97, 2. Hope 92, 3. Albion 69, 3. Alma 69, 5. Saint Mary's 57, 6. Kalamazoo 50, 7. Olivet 30, 8. Adrian 26.

As a single sport member (football only), Wisconsin Lutheran is not computed into the all-sports standings.

The Commissioner's Cup (MIAA All-Sports Award) has been presented since 1934-35. Hope has won the award 26 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13, Calvin 8 and Alma 5.

2003-04 MIAA CHAMPIONS
Men's Cross Country - Calvin
Women's Cross Country - Calvin
Men's Golf - Hope
Women's Golf - Saint Mary's
Football - Hope
Volleyball - Alma
Men's Soccer - Calvin & Hope
Women's Soccer - Hope
Men's Basketball - Hope
Women's Basketball - Calvin
Men's Swimming/Diving - Hope
Women's Swimming/Diving - Hope
Baseball - Albion
Softball- Alma
Men's Tennis - Kalamazoo
Women's Tennis - Saint Mary's
Men's Track & Field - Calvin
Women's Track & Field - Calvin

From: Tom Renner, MIAA Publicist
616-395-7860 -- trenner@hope.edu