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.

Past Trophy Winners


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2006
Contact: Dwayne Hanberry, SCAC Associate Commissioner

DePauw wins 2005-06 President's Trophy
Tigers wrap up all-sports title at Spring Sports Festival
 (Portions of this release were taken from DePauw's website)

SUWANEE, Ga. - With outright or shared championships in 10 of 18 conference sports and second place finishes in six others, DePauw University has won the 2005-06 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference President's Trophy.

DePauw finished with 835 points - the second-largest total in the history of the award - while Trinity was second with 765.

Wrapping up its eighth season of SCAC competition, DePauw previously won the trophy in 2000-01.

The Indiana Tigers won or shared conference titles in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, women's golf, women's soccer, men's swimming and diving, women's tennis and men's track and field.

DePauw teams were second in men's golf, softball, men's soccer, men's tennis, women's swimming and diving and women's track and field. The baseball team placed third and the volleyball squad was fourth.

Trinity won spring titles in softball, men's tennis and men's track and field and shared titles in baseball and women's tennis.

The TU Tigers also won championships in men's soccer and women's swimming and diving and shared titles in football (with DePauw) and volleyball (with Southwestern University). Trinity has won the last four SCAC all-sports trophies.

In other spring sports championships, Millsaps College shared the baseball title with Trinity and Oglethorpe University won the men's golf title for the sixth time in nine years.

Of the league's 18 President Trophy sports, DePauw and Trinity won or shared 17 of them.

A bell, donated by the Norfolk and Western Railroad, was adopted as the conference's President's Trophy and serves as the symbol for the conference. This bell 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 number of points towards the all-sports trophy.

As for the rest of the President's Trophy standings, following DePauw and Trinity was Rhodes College with 577.5 points. Centre College finished fourth with 515 points and Sewanee: The University of the South was fifth with 515 points.

Rounding out the standings was Southwestern University at sixth with 415 points, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in seventh with 397.5 points and Hendrix College and Oglethorpe University tied for eighth with 290 points each. Millsaps College finished 10th at 242.5 points.
 


2005-06 SCAC PRESIDENT'S TROPHY FINAL STANDINGS
(Through the 2006 Spring Season)

1. DePauw University 835
2.

Trinity University 765
3. Rhodes College 577.5
4. Centre College 515
5. Sewanee-Univ. of the South 497.5
6. Southwestern University 415
7.

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. 397.5
T-8. Hendrix College 290
T-8. Oglethorpe University 290
10. Millsaps College 242.5


Points Scoring System
1st Place 50
2nd Place 45
3rd Place 40
4th Place 35
5th Place 30
6th Place 25
7th Place 20
8th Place 15
9th Place 10
10th Place 5


Men's Standings
1. DePauw University 417.5
2. Trinity University 355
3. Centre College 290
4. Rhodes College 275
5. Sewanee: University of the South 272.5
6. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology 205
7. Southwestern University 187.5
8. Oglethorpe University 162.5
9. Millsaps College 140
10. Hendrix College 100


Women's Standings
1. DePauw University 417.5
2. Trinity University 410
3. Rhodes College 302.5
4. Southwestern University 227.5
T-5. Centre College 225
T-5. Sewanee: University of the South 225
7. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology 192.5
8. Hendrix College 190
9. Oglethorpe University 127.5
10. Millsaps College 102.5

 

Men Soccer X-country Football Basketball Swim Baseball Golf Tennis Track Total
Centre 40 45 35 45 30 17.5 15 27.5 35 290
DePauw 40 50 47.5 50 50 40 45 45 50 417.5
Hendrix 10 15 NT 10 20 7.5 5 17.5 15 100
Millsaps 5 10 25 22.5 NT 47.5 25 10 NT 140
Oglethorpe 40 5 NT 22.5 NT 7.5 50 17.5 20 162.5
Rhodes 20 40 20 37.5 25 35 37.5 35 25 275
Rose-Hulman 25 20 30 22.5 35 27.5 10 5 30 205
Sewanee 15 35 40 5 40 27.5 30 40 40 272.5
Southwestern 30 27.5 NT 37.5 NT 17.5 37.5 27.5 10 187.5
Trinity 50 27.5 47.5 22.5 45 47.5 20 50 45 355

Women Soccer X-country Volleyball Basketball Swim Golf Softball Tennis Track Total
Centre 20 40 30 5 35 25 27.5 27.5 15 225
DePauw 50 50 35 50 45 50 45 47.5 45 417.5
Hendrix 15 25 17.5 22.5 15 NT 40 27.5 27.5 190
Millsaps 10 NT 25 22.5 NT NT 27.5 17.5 NT 102.5
Oglethorpe 5 10 5 37.5 NT 45 NT 5 20 127.5
Rhodes 40 30 40 37.5 30 30 17.5 37.5 40 302.5
Rose-Hulman 25 20 17.5 22.5 20 15 35 10 27.5 192.5
Sewanee 40 15 10 10 40 20 17.5 37.5 35 225
Southwestern 30 35 47.5 22.5 25 40 NT 17.5 10 227.5
Trinity 40 45 47.5 45 50 35 50 47.5 50 410