High Point, NC> Queens University of Charlotte swept the 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 men’s conference-sponsored sports, all women’s conference-sponsored sports, and both the men’s and women’s conference-sponsored sports combined. 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. 

 

This is the first year that the Hawn Cup is comprised of three different awards which include: the women’s sports award, the men’s sports award, and the overall cup winner (combining both the men & women’s results).  Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular season finish with bonus points going to the tournament champion (2 pt.) and runner-up finishers (1pt.). 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.

 

Queens University of Charlotte took the overall 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 .839 among league members, Queens claims their first Hawn Cup in ten years and their third title overall (2000-01 & 1997-98).  The Royals also become the first-ever winners of both the individual men’s and women’s awards by sweeping all three honors.

 

This year Queens success can be traced through strong performances across many sports.   The Royals won four

Conference Championships, taking titles in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s golf, and in men’s tennis.  They were conference tournament runner-ups in women’s tennis and women’s golf and had teams also win regular season titles in men’s basketball and men’s tennis.

 

Mount Olive College took a consistent route to finishing in second place in the overall standings.  The Trojans took three tournament titles and three runner-up finishes for the year.  Tournament Champions for Mount Olive were baseball, men’s track & field, and women’s track & field while runner-ups included men’s cross country, women’s cross country, and women’s basketball.

 

Limestone College finished third for the second consecutive year with a .718 rating.  The Saints blossomed after the New Year jumping four spots up from the fall rankings by winning the conference championships in men’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, and men’s lacrosse.  They also finished runner-up in baseball, men’s tennis, women’s track & field and men’s track & field. 

 

Lees-McRae finishes in fourth place overall with a rating of .634.  Pfeiffer, Belmont Abbey and Erskine were close behind with ratings of .609, .578, and .555 correspondingly.   Rounding out the schools in order were Barton .481, Coker .448, Converse .361, and St. Andrews .268 respectively.

 

Queens also took the individual titles in the men’s conference- sponsored sports and the women’s conference- sponsored sports.  This is the first year for both of these new awards.  The men’s top three teams were Queens, Limestone, and Mount Olive while the women’s top three teams were Queens, Mount Olive, and Erskine.

 

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

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

 

Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners

                                Overall Winner                                     Men’s Winner                                       Women’s Winner

2010-11                 Queens University of Charlotte            Queens University of Charlotte              Queens University of Charlotte

2009-10                 Anderson University

2008-09                 Anderson University

2007-08                 Anderson University
(Note: 2010-11 is the first year for three separate awards)

 

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                 Elon & High Point (tie)

1978-79                 High Point

1977-78                 High Point

1976-77                 High Point

1975-76                 High Point