Dixon Trophy standings

December 8, 2009

Cal U’s athletic department ranks third among 16 schools in the 2009-2010 race for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Dixon Trophy.

Led by 16 points from the women’s volleyball team, the Vulcans have amassed 74.5 points. Also achieving double-digit point totals for Cal U were football (15), women’s soccer (14) and men’s golf (11).

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania leads the Dixon Trophy race with 79.5 points followed by Bloomsburg with 75.

Seven different institutions have won the Dixon Trophy, including Cal U, which won the 2008-2009 award after totaling a league-record 161 points.

The PSAC has awarded the Dixon Trophy annually since the 1995-1996 academic year to a member institution whose athletic program earns the best overall finish in conference championships and/or regular-season play.

During the course of the academic year, points are awarded based on an institution’s finish in 22 conference sports. Only a school’s best 12 finishes, six men’s and six women’s, are used in the final calculation of the Dixon Trophy standings.

Seven PSAC championships will be contested in the 2009-2010 winter season: men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, and wrestling.