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November 20, 2008 SCAC Presidents Trophy
CENTRE TAKES EARLY PRESIDENTS TROPHY LEAD
SUWANEE, Ga. - Centre College, after earning
its first-ever SCAC men's cross country title, has established
the early lead in the race for the 2008-09 SCAC President's
Trophy.
The Colonels also had second-place finishes in field hockey,
women's soccer and men's soccer (tied with Trinity University) in
establishing a 10-point lead over second-place DePauw University
(302.5 to 292.5) upon the wrap-up of the fall sports
season.
It was a historic fall for the conference as six different schools
earned championships during the season, with only Trinity earning
multiple conference titles (men's soccer and volleyball).
DePauw won women's cross country, Millsaps College won football,
Sewanee-University of the South won field hockey and Rhodes College
won women's soccer.
It has been some time since a program not named DePauw or Trinity
has sat atop the SCAC President's Trophy race. The last school,
other than DePauw or Trinity, to win a SCAC all-sports trophy was
Rhodes back in 1992-93.
Following Centre and DePauw in the 2008-09 fall standings,
Trinity is third with 282.5 points and Rhodes follows with 265
points. Colorado College is fifth with 185 points and Southwestern
University is sixth with 182.5 points.
Sewanee is seventh with 177.5 points, followed by Millsaps with
147.5 points. Hendrix College is ninth with 137.5 points, Austin
College is 10th with 122.5 points and Oglethorpe University trails
with 65 points.
Complete
2008-09 SCAC President's Trophy Fall Results
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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.
Currently, with 11 member institutions eligible for President's
Trophy points
(Birmingham-Southern is a provisional member of the SCAC and will
not be eligible for conference championships until the 2011-2012
season), a victory in any particular sport is worth 55 points,
second place is worth 50 and so on.
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