Fayetteville, N.C. – The USA South Athletic Conference has released its winter update of the President’s Cup Standings for the 2014-15 Academic Year with the Winter Standings coming out earlier today with Piedmont College in second place overall out of the 14 member institutions (including Christopher Newport who is an associate member for football only). Piedmont finished second in the overall standings for the 2013-14 year while bringing home the President’s Cup on the women’s side.
The USA South Athletic Conference Presidents Cup symbolizes the league’s top men’s and women’s athletic program each year. The Presidents Cup is awarded by a points system where the first place team in each sport will be awarded the number of points that corresponds to the number of schools that sponsor teams in that sport. The second place team receives one point less than the first place team and so on, down to one point for the last place team that competes.
The awarding of an Overall Presidents Cup began at the conclusion of the 1978-79 season. Following the 2004-05 season, the Conference presented separate Men’s and Women’s Presidents Cups in lieu of an Overall Cup. The following year the Conference reinstated the Overall Cup along with the Men’s and Women’s Cups.
This year will mark the tenth the USA South will present an Overall, a Men’s and a Women’s Presidents Cup. Currently, Maryville College has the lead in the overall as well as the Men’s and Women’s standings individually.
The men’s basketball team improved its standings tremendously from a season ago when they finished ninth in the league as they improved to a tie for third this season. The women’s basketball team tied with LaGrange in the standings for fourth in the league, the same spot they finished at a season ago.
Piedmont is ranked second in the overall President’s Cup standings, seventh in the Men’s Presidents Cup, and third in the Women’s Presidents Cup. Fans can view the entire President’s Cup standings below and find out more about the award including past winners by visiting USASouth.net.
