For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Anderson Wins Fourth Consecutive
Conference Carolinas All-Sports ‘Joby Hawn Cup’
High Point, NC> Anderson University won their
fourth consecutive Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn
Cup with the completion of the recent league spring
championships. The Hawn Cup is awarded to the league member
that shows the highest rating of excellence in all
conference-sponsored sports. The Hawn Cup is tallied after
each sport season (fall, winter, & spring) and then awarded
each year in honor of former Commissioner H.C. "Joby" Hawn for his
many years of service to the former Carolinas Conference.
Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of
regular season finish with bonus points going to the tournament
champion and runner-up finishers, based on the number of
participating teams in each sport. Men's & women’s
golf, men's and women's cross country, and men’s and
women’s track & field are the only conference sponsored
sports in which points are determined solely by conference
tournament finish.
Anderson University took over the mid-year lead from early
frontrunner Lees-McRae College after the completion of the winter
basketball seasons and never looked back. With the highest
rating of .622 among league members, Anderson claims their fourth
overall & fourth consecutive Hawn Cup while becoming the first
four time winner since High Point College’s five year run
from 1976 through 1980.
This year Anderson’s success can be traced through strong
performances across many sports in regular season play with
highlights coming in women’s basketball where they won the
Conference Tournament Championship and in women’s soccer,
men’s basketball, and men’s tennis where they took
runner-up honors in conference tournaments.
Queens University of Charlotte made a great spring push to jump
into second place in the final cup standings. Queens came
from fifth place after the winter season to finish with a .577
rating. The Royals success has been highlighted by their
men’s and women’s cross-country championships and
softball tournament championship titles.
Limestone College was just behind Queens with a .574 rating and
made a spring thrust of their own winning both the men’s
& women’s lacrosse conference tournament championships
and also taking the women’s track & field conference
title.
Mount Olive finishes in fourth place with a rating of
.526. Lees-McRae, Pfeiffer, and Belmont Abbey were close
behind with ratings of .521, .479, and .465
correspondingly. Rounding out the schools in order were
Erskine .417, Barton .345, Coker .265, Converse .240, and St.
Andrews .105 respectively.
Link to the FULL 2009-10 Current Joby Hawn Cup
Standings:
http://www.conferencecarolinas.com/sports/hawn_cup/20082511_AwardsIndex
Conference
Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners
2009-10
Anderson University
2008-09
Anderson University
2007-08
Anderson University
Carolinas-Virginia Athletics
Conference (CVAC) Joby Hawn Cup Winners
2006-07
Anderson University
2005-06
Pfeiffer University
2004-05
Barton College
2003-04
Barton College
2002-03
Barton College
2001-02
Lees-McRae College
2000-01
Queens College
1999-00
Belmont Abbey College
1998-99
Belmont Abbey College
1997-98
Queens College
1995-96
High Point University
Pre-CVAC Joby
Hawn Cup Winners
1994-95
Pfeiffer
1993-94
High Point
1992-93
St. Andrews
1991-92
Pembroke
1990-91
No Record
1989-90
High Point
1988-89
Pembroke
1987-88
Elon
1986-87
Elon
1985-86
High Point
1984-85
High Point
1983-84
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