GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas has unveiled the Joby Hawn Cup standings after the conclusion of the 2024-25 fall championships.

The men’s cross country champion and women’s third place finisher, UNC Pembroke sits atop the overall standings followed by women’s volleyball tournament champion and men’s and women’s cross country runner-up Converse University. Women’s cross country champion, North Greenville University is third followed by men’s and women’s soccer tournament champions Francis Marion University in fourth. Lees-McRae College rounds out the overall top five.

UNC Pembroke sits atop the men’s sports standings and is second behind Converse in the women’s sports standings. The Valkyries follow UNC Pembroke in the men’s standings with Lees-McRae, Young Harris College and Belmont Abbey College rounding out the men’s top five. The women’s standings are rounded out by North Greenville, Francis Marion and the University of Mount Olive following the Valkyries and Braves in the top two spots.

The Joby Hawn Cup is the annual all-sports award for Conference Carolinas. Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular season finish and the number of participating teams in each sport. The institution that finishes in first place is awarded points equal to the number of institutions that sponsor the sport. The institution that finishes in second place is awarded one less point than first place, the institution that finishes in third place is awarded one less point than second place and the process continues until the institution that finished in last place is awarded one point.

In addition, bonus points are awarded to the tournament champion (two bonus points) and runner-up finisher (one bonus point). The total points earned from all sports for each institution is divided by the total possible points (excluding bonus points) for each institution based on sports sponsorship for each participating sport. Institutions are ranked by the resulting ratio of points earned to possible points.

The Hawn Cup is named after H.C. "Joby" Hawn, who in 1962 became the first full-time Commissioner of what was then known as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and now Conference Carolinas. Following his retirement from the conference in 1976, Conference Carolinas began awarding the Hawn Cup annually in his honor.

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Overall Standings (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses

1 – UNC Pembroke (90.8)
2 – Converse (90.5)
3 – North Greenville (66.9)
4 – Francis Marion (66.2)
5 – Lees-McRae (64.2)

Women's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses

1 – Converse (86.7)
2 – UNC Pembroke (83.3)
3 – North Greenville (82.2)
4 – Francis Marion (71.1)
5 – Mount Olive (62.2)

Men's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses

1 – UNC Pembroke (113.3)
2 – Converse (96.6)
T4 – Lees-McRae (69.0)
T4 – Young Harris (69.0)
5 – Belmont Abbey (62.1)