The University of Mary Washington finished 91st among 450 NCAA Division III schools in the Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings for 2014-15. The Eagles finished 18th among all public institutions, and fourth overall in the commonwealth of Virginia.
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 during NCAA Div. III Championships - nine men's and nine women's sports.
NCAA Division III includes approximately 450 member institutions in 44 conferences. A total of 322 Division III institutions scored Learfield Sports Directors' Cup points this year, including six from the CAC - #13 Salisbury (668 points), #33 Christopher Newport (438.5 points), #91 Mary Washington (201 points), #146 York (130.5 points), #185 Frostburg State (108 points) and #205 Wesley (88 points).
Mary Washington more than doubled its 2014-15 total in the Spring season. The Eagles collected 114 points with strong performances in men's and women's tennis to finish among the Top 100 nationally with 201 points.
Williams College won the overall Learfield Sports Directors Cup title for the second-straight year and 18th time in the last 20 years with 1,053 points. Rounding out the Top 5 in the overall standings were Johns Hopkins (1,016.75), MIT (961), Washington University (944) and Amherst (918.5).
Williams and Amherst were two of the five members of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) that ranked among the top nine in the final Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings. NESCAC members Middlebury placed seventh overall (821.50) while Tufts (766.25) placed ninth.