TRINITY TAKES EARLY LEAD IN QUEST FOR 2011-12 SCAC PRESIDENTS
TROPHY
SUWANEE, Ga. - Seeking its first Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) President's Trophy since
2004-05, Trinity University took the early lead in that quest
following the completion of the 2011 fall sports season.
Trinity picked up conference championships in the sports of
football and women's soccer and finished second in women's
cross country and volleyball.
The Texas Tigers currently own a 17.5 point lead (282.5
to 265 points) over second-place Centre College.
The race for the 2011-12 Presidents Trophy is far from decided, but
one thing is certain, the 300-pound bell that represents
conference supremacy will be residing in a different place than it
has the last six seasons.
After 13 years as a member of the SCAC, DePauw
University exited the conference following the 2010-11
academic year having won six consecutive and seven total all-sports
trophies.
Trinity has its own history with the trophy. Since
1993-94, the Texas Tigers have finished first (11 times)
or second (seven times) each year and would love to have the bell
back on display in San Antonio for the first time since
the 2004-05 season.
Centre follows Trinity in the 2011 fall standings. The Colonels had
a very strong fall, winning the conference title in women's cross
country and producing second-place finishes in the sports
of men's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer, football
and field hockey.
Following Trinty and Centre in the standings, Rhodes College is
third with 227.5 points and won its third consecutive field hockey
championship two weekends ago.
Colorado College is in fourth place with 192.5 points, bolstered by
its third consecutive SCAC men's cross country title and
its second consecutive volleyball championship.
Rounding out the standings, Birmingham-Southern College
is fifth with 190 points and Southwestern University is
sixth with 165 points. Sewanee-The University of the
South follows in seventh with 147.5 points.
Sitting in eighth place through the fall season is Hendrix
College with 127.5 points, and Millsaps College is ninth with 120
points. Oglethore University, which won its first-ever SCAC fall
sports title with a victory at the men's soccer
championship, is 10th with 90 points.
First-year member University of Dallas is 11th with 82.5 points and
Austin College is 12th with 70 points.
2011-12 SCAC President's Trophy - Fall
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SCAC PRESIDENT'S TROPHY QUICK FACTS
The symbol of conference supremacy is the 300-pound
railroad bell which was donated to the SCAC by the Norfolk and
Western Railroad. This bell, the "President's Trophy", is a
rotating award and goes to the school with the best overall sports
record for the year.
The bell has been a part of the conference since its inception in
1962. In fact, the first conference
logo, when the league was known as the College Athletic
Conference, has the image of the bell incorporated into it.
The President's Trophy is displayed for one year on the campus of
the school with the combined men's and women's athletics program
that accumulates the highest points total in the all-sports
race.
The system used for distributing President's Trophy points was
tweaked beginning with the 2010-11 academic year. Points will now
be awarded from the bottom up, instead of the top down as had been
the case. A last place finish in any particular sport is worth 5
points with points being awarded in five point increments for each
place, up to first place.
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