June 12, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - Three-time defending champion Grand Valley State University (Mich.) won its fourth consecutive U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup in Division II, the prestigious award 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.

The 2006-07 U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup winners were announced at NACDA's 42nd Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, and the four winning institutions -- one in each of the NCAA divisions (I, II, and III), and the NAIA -- were awarded with their U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cups.

Grand Valley State recorded 995.75 points in the win. The Lakers tallied top-10 finishes in 12 of their 14 sports scored. In the fall, the Lakers took home the Division II national championship in football, while also finishing runner-up in women's soccer, third in women's cross country and fifth in men's cross country. Women's volleyball finished 17th.

In the winter championships, GVSU finished third during the women's indoor track and field, fifth in the men's and fifth in men's basketball. Women's swimming finished 23rd and men's swimming 28th.

During the spring, the Lakers finished as high as fifth in women's outdoor track and field. They also finished eighth in men's outdoor track and field and ninth overall in baseball, women's golf and softball. Rounding out the scoring was the 17th place finish in women's tennis and 36th place finish in men's golf. Men's tennis was 33rd and men's golf 36th.

GVSU scored in 19 total sports, but only 14 sports count towards the final total, seven sports in each gender. The Laker women scored 507.5 points (72.5 pps) and 488.25 (69.75 pps). GVSU scored 400 points in the fall, 299.5 poins in the winter and 296.25 points in the spring.

Scoring By Sports:

Fall

Football 1st 100

Women's Soccer 2nd 90

Women's Cross Country 3rd 85

Men's Cross Country 5th 75

Women's Volleyball 17th 50

Winter

Women's Indoor Track & Field 3rd 85

Men's Basketball 5th 73

Men's Indoor Track & Field 8th 70.5

Women's Swimming & Diving 23rd 28*

Men's Swimming & Diving 28th 18*

Women's Basketball 33rd 25*

Spring

Women's Outdoor Track & Field 5th 75

Men's Outdoor Trakc & Field 8th 69.75

Baseball 9th 64

Softball 9th 64

Women's Golf 9th 58.5

Women's Tennis 17th 50*

Men's Tennis 33rd 25*

Men's Golf 36th 36

* = Points did not count