Williams College Receives U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – Williams College defended its title as the best athletics program in NCAA Division III competition by winning its 10th U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup, the prestigious award presented annually to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country by the United States Sports Academy, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA TODAY.

Williams College won its 10th U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup in the last 11 years and recorded 920.5 points, 130.25 points ahead of the runner-up, the College of New Jersey.

Williams was the national championship in women's rowing. Eleven additional Williams College teams recorded top 10 finishes: women's cross country (2nd), women's indoor track and field (2nd), women's swimming and diving (3rd), men's outdoor track and field (4th), men's tennis (4th), women's tennis (5th), men's soccer (5th), men's swimming (5th), softball (7th), women's field hockey (9th) and women's basketball (9th). The Ephs also placed 15th in skiing and 35th in wrestling. Williams scored in five men's and the maximum of nine women's sports and averaged 66 points per sport.

Developed as a joint effort between USA TODAY and NACDA, the U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup program is the only all-sports competition that recognizes the institution in each of the four categories with the best overall athletics program.