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WM Claims Honor As Horizon's Top Program
Athletic department wins second-straight McCafferty Trophy, third in last five years
June 1, 2005
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. - For the second-straight year and for the third time in the last five years, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has won the McCafferty Trophy, given to the Horizon League's all-sports champion.
UWM also won the league's men's all-sports trophy for the first time.
The Panthers claimed the crowns, in part, by collecting eight Horizon League championships this past season, including regular season and tournament titles in both men's basketball and men's soccer. The women's soccer and women's volleyball teams each won regular season titles, and the men's track and field team won both the indoor and outdoor crowns.
"This award is a wonderful reflection of the hard work our coaches, student-athletes and staff are putting in on a daily basis," UWM Athletic Director Bud Haidet said. "The success we have enjoyed has resulted in heightened expectations and everyone is to be credited for rising up to meet and exceed those expectations. We are fortunate to have assembled a tremendous staff and to have an institution that can attract high-quality student-athletes. Plus, we are able to continue our success thanks to the tremendous support we enjoy from our administration, the campus and the community. The success of our athletic program is something everyone associated with UWM can be proud of. We look forward to continuing our growth and success in the coming years."
UWM also won the McCafferty trophy following the 2000-2001 school year and last school year, finishing second the two years in between. UWM and Butler are the only current League institutions to win the award more than once.
This year, UWM compiled 49 points, including 28 on the men's side.
The McCafferty Trophy is awarded annually by the Horizon League to the member institution compiling the greatest number of performance points in league championships. The trophy is presented in honor of James J. McCafferty, the former Xavier University men's basketball coach and director of athletics who served as the league's first commissioner in 1979-80.
Schools earn performance points based on their finish in all 18 championship sports offered by the Horizon League. For the sports of men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, softball and baseball, points are awarded based on the combined regular season and championship finish. In the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's golf, and men's and women's tennis, points are awarded based on the finish in the league championship. Each school then counts five men's and five women's sports toward its championship total.
Athletic department wins second-straight McCafferty Trophy, third in last five years
June 1, 2005
Official League Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - For the second-straight year and for the third time in the last five years, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has won the McCafferty Trophy, given to the Horizon League's all-sports champion.
UWM also won the league's men's all-sports trophy for the first time.
The Panthers claimed the crowns, in part, by collecting eight Horizon League championships this past season, including regular season and tournament titles in both men's basketball and men's soccer. The women's soccer and women's volleyball teams each won regular season titles, and the men's track and field team won both the indoor and outdoor crowns.
"This award is a wonderful reflection of the hard work our coaches, student-athletes and staff are putting in on a daily basis," UWM Athletic Director Bud Haidet said. "The success we have enjoyed has resulted in heightened expectations and everyone is to be credited for rising up to meet and exceed those expectations. We are fortunate to have assembled a tremendous staff and to have an institution that can attract high-quality student-athletes. Plus, we are able to continue our success thanks to the tremendous support we enjoy from our administration, the campus and the community. The success of our athletic program is something everyone associated with UWM can be proud of. We look forward to continuing our growth and success in the coming years."
UWM also won the McCafferty trophy following the 2000-2001 school year and last school year, finishing second the two years in between. UWM and Butler are the only current League institutions to win the award more than once.
This year, UWM compiled 49 points, including 28 on the men's side.
The McCafferty Trophy is awarded annually by the Horizon League to the member institution compiling the greatest number of performance points in league championships. The trophy is presented in honor of James J. McCafferty, the former Xavier University men's basketball coach and director of athletics who served as the league's first commissioner in 1979-80.
Schools earn performance points based on their finish in all 18 championship sports offered by the Horizon League. For the sports of men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, softball and baseball, points are awarded based on the combined regular season and championship finish. In the sports of men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's golf, and men's and women's tennis, points are awarded based on the finish in the league championship. Each school then counts five men's and five women's sports toward its championship total.