GREENVILLE, S.C. – UNC Pembroke has been awarded the Joby Hawn Cup for the third straight year following the 2024-25 academic year. The Braves also won the women's Hawn Cup while Converse University earned the men's Hawn Cup for the first time.
The Braves owned a Conference Carolinas-best 86.2 rating percentage, taking the Hawn Cup for the sixth time and third consecutive year. UNC Pembroke won postseason championships in men’s cross country, women’s swimming and men’s basketball and regular season east division titles in men’s and women’s basketball.
UNC Pembroke also took the women’s Hawn Cup for the third straight year and third time overall. The Braves had an 83.1 percentage rating, conference champions in swimming and winning an east division championship in women’s basketball. The University Mount Olive and Francis Marion University came in second and third with percentage ratings of 75.2and 73.0, respectively.
For the first time in school history, Converse claimed the men’s Hawn Cup with a percentage rating of 91.1. The Valkyries won a northwest division regular season title in men’s soccer and won the men’s indoor track & field crown. UNC Pembroke (90.6 percent) and the University of Mount Olive (79.7 percent) finished second and third, respectively.
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.
| Overall Standings (Final Top Five) |
Women's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Final Top Five) |
Men's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Final Top Five) |
| Rating % in Parentheses |
Rating % in Parentheses |
Rating % in Parentheses |
| 1 – UNC Pembroke (86.2) |
1 – UNC Pembroke (83.1) |
1 – Convers (91.1) |
| 2 – Mount Olive (77.5) |
2 – Mount Olive (75.2) |
2 – UNC Pembroke (90.6) |
| 3 – Converse (74.8) |
3 – Francis Marion (73.0) |
3 – Mount Olive (79.7) |
| 4 – Belmont Abbey (71.2) |
4 – Belmont Abbey (65.9) |
4 – Belmont Abbey (76.8) |
| 5 – Francis Marion (66.8) |
5 – Converse (65.4) |
5 – Francis Marion (58.4) |
2024-25 Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners
Overall: UNC Pembroke
Men's: Converse
Women's: UNC Pembroke
Previous Conference Carolinas Overall Joby Hawn Cup Winners
2023-24: UNC Pembroke
2022-23: UNC Pembroke
2021-22: Mount Olive
2020-21: Mount Olive
2019-20: Mount Olive
2018-19: Mount Olive
2017-18: Limestone
2016-17: Limestone
2015-16: Limestone
2014-15: Limestone
2013-14: Mount Olive
2012-13: Limestone
2011-12: Mount Olive
2010-11: Queens
2009-10: Anderson
2008-09: Anderson
2007-08: Anderson
2006-07: Anderson
2005-06: Pfeiffer
2004-05: Barton
2003-04: Barton
2002-03: Barton
2001-02: Lees-McRae
2000-01: Queens
1999-00: Belmont Abbey
1998-99: Belmont Abbey
1997-98: Queens
1995-96: High Point
1994-95: Pfeiffer
1993-94: High Point
1992-93: St. Andrews
1991-92: UNC Pembroke
1990-91: Pfeiffer
1989-90: High Point
1988-89: UNC Pembroke
1987-88: Elon
1986-87: Elon
1985-86: High Point
1984-85: High Point
1983-84: UNC Pembroke
1982-83: Guilford
1981-82: Elon
1980-81: Elon
1979-80: High Point, Elon
1978-79: High Point
1977-78: High Point
1976-77: High Point
1975-76: High Point
Previous Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Joby Hawn Cup Winners (Started in 2010-11)
2023-24: Women's – UNC Pembroke | Men's – UNC Pembroke
2022-23: Women's – UNC Pembroke | Men's – UNC Pembroke
2021-22: Women's - Mount Olive | Men's - UNC Pembroke
2020-21: Women's - Mount Olive | Men's - Mount Olive
2019-20: Women's - Mount Olive | Men's – Emmanuel
2018-19: Women's - Mount Olive | Men's - Mount Olive
2017-18: Women's - Limestone | Men's - Mount Olive
2016-17: Women's - Limestone | Men's - Limestone
2015-16: Women's - Limestone | Men's - Mount Olive
2014-15: Women's - Limestone | Men's - Mount Olive
2013-14: Women's - Mount Olive and Limestone | Men's - Mount Olive
2012-13: Women's - Queens | Men's – Limestone
2011-12: Women's - Mount Olive | Men's - Mount Olive
2010-11: Women's - Queens | Men's - Queens
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