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June 23, 2000
CHARLOTTESVILLE– – The University of Virginia intercollegiate athletic program ranked 13th in the final 1999-2000 Division I Sears Directors’ Cup standings. Virginia has finished in the Top 25 each year in the seven-year history of the Sears Directors’ Cup program.
UVa finished 13th among NCAA Division I schools with 698.5 points based on the combined performances of men’s and women’s sports during the 1999-2000 academic year. Stanford finished first in the NCAA Division I standings for the sixth consecutive year, winning the Sears Directors’ Cup with a total of 1,359.5 points.
Virginia was one of three Atlantic Coast Conference schools to finish in the Sears Directors’ Cup Top 25. North Carolina finished fifth (908.5 points) and Duke finished 24th (566 points).
Teams or individuals in 17 sports represented Virginia in NCAA post-season play during the 1999-2000 athletic year. Those sports included women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, volleyball and wrestling. In addition, the UVa football team made its 10th bowl appearance in the last 13 years in 1999 when it participated in the Micronpc.com Bowl and the men’s basketball team participated in the National Invitation Tournament.
There are four Sears Directors’ Cup Awards, one to honor the institution with the best all-around athletic program in each of the NCAA’s Divisions I, II and III, and the NAIA. The University of California-Davis (Division II), Williams College (Division III) and Simon Fraser University (NAIA) received the other Sears Directors’ Cup Awards. The Sears Directors’ Cups are presented annually by Sears, Roebuck and Company and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
Virginia finished eighth in the 1999 Sears Directors’ Cup standings. UVa was 13th in 1998, 22nd in 1997, 21st in 1996, tied for 19th in 1995 and 19th in 1994.
1999-2000 SEARS DIRECTORS’ CUP TOP 25 RANKINGS
1. Stanford (1,359.5)2. UCLA (1,153.5)3. Michigan (965)4. Penn State (909.5)5. North Carolina (908.5)6. Nebraska (906)7. Florida (842)8. Arizona (837.5)9. Texas (801)10. Louisiana State (764)11. Arizona State (733)12. Georgia (728.5)13. Virginia (698.5)14. Ohio State (682)15. California-Berkeley (671.5)16. Southern California (666.5)17. Wisconsin (661.5)18. Brigham Young (658)19. Minnesota (627)20. Tennessee (621)21. Notre Dame (594.5)22. Michigan State (587)23. Auburn (572)24. Duke (566)25. Oklahoma (563.5)