High Point, NC> Queens University of Charlotte has taken the overall lead in the Conference Carolinas  Joby Hawn Cup at the halfway point after the completion of the winter sports league championships.  The Hawn Cup is awarded to the league member that shows the highest rating of excellence in 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’. 

A new format has been adopted by Conference Carolinas for this year’s Hawn Cup which will have a winner for just the women’s sports, a winner for just the men’s sports, and then an overall winner using both the men and women’s combined tallies.  Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular season finish with bonus points going to the conference tournament champion (2 bonus points) and runner-up finisher (1 bonus point), based on the number of participating teams in each sport. 

Queens currently leads in all three categories of the Joby Hawn Cup standings after overtaking Lees-McRae who was leading in all three after the fall season.  On the women’s side Queens has tallied 35.5 points highlighted by their women’s cross country championship title. They are followed by Lees-McRae with 33 points and Mount Olive in third with 32.

For the men’s cup, Queens won the most recent regular season basketball regular season title and this past falls cross country championship to score 25 total points.  They are followed closely by Limestone, who won the basketball tournament championship to help total 23.5 men’s points, and Belmont Abbey with 22 points. 

For the overall tally, Queens, Lees-McRae, and Mount Olive stand atop the standings.  Queens’ overall rating of .829 sets the bar with Lees-McRae at .753 and Mount Olive at .671.  Mount Olive helped their cause having three runner-up teams in conference tournament championships with their women’s basketball and men’s & women’s cross country teams. Rounding out the schools in order were Belmont Abbey .658, Limestone .610, Erskine and Pfeiffer are  tied with .555, Barton .541, St. Andrews .398, Converse .349, and Coker .342 respectively.

Link to the FULL 2010-11 Current Joby Hawn Cup Standings:

http://www.conferencecarolinas.com/sports/hawn_cup/20082511_AwardsIndex