GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas has unveiled the Joby Hawn Cup standings after the conclusion of the 2025-26 winter championships.
UNC Pembroke sits atop the men’s and the overall standings following the winter championships while Lees-McRae College leads the women’s standings. The Braves won the women’s swimming championship and finished runner-up in men’s wrestling during the winter season while Lees-McRae won the women’s basketball championship.
In the men’s standings, UNC Pembroke is followed by men’s basketball conference champion Young Harris College. Men’s indoor track & field and swimming runner-up, Converse University is third and North Greenville University is fourth. Men’s indoor track & field champion, University of Mount Olive rounds out the top five.
Following Lees-McRae in the women’s standings is women’s basketball semifinalist Francis Marion University. Fellow women’s basketball semifinalist, Belmont Abbey College is tied for third with North Greenville University and women’s indoor track & field runner-up Converse University round out the top five.
In the overall standings, the Braves are followed by Converse and North Greenville while Lees-McRae and Young Harris round out the top five.
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 (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses
1 – UNC Pembroke (81.0)
2 – Converse (71.1)
3 – North Greenville (70.5)
4 – Lees-McRae (67.3)
5 – Young Harris (66.9)
Women's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses
1 – Lees-McRae (80.1)
2 – Francis Marion (78.2)
T3 – Belmont Abbey (73.1)
T3 – North Greenville (73.1)
5 – Converse (70.6)
Men's Joby Hawn Cup Standings (Current Top Five)
Rating % in Parentheses
1 – UNC Pembroke (94.1)
2 – Young Harris (91.0)
3 – Converse (71.6)
4 – North Greenville (67.6)
5 – Mount Olive (66.4)
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