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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri State University has won the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 2024-25 school year the league office announced on Tuesday.
The award is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in Conference-sponsored championships. It marks the third Cup title for the Redhawks in the past five years.
The Redhawks finished with 107.0 points, which was 2.5 points ahead of second-place Little Rock (who shared last year's Cup). The Redhawks were bolstered by first-place finishes in football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's indoor and outdoor track, men's outdoor track and women's tennis.
Little Rock was second (104.5) and followed by Lindenwood (93), Eastern Illinois (92.5), Tennessee Tech (90), SIUE (80.5), Southern Indiana (78), Tennessee State and UT Martin (64 each), Morehead State (58.5) and Western Illinois (56.5).
The 2024-25 season marked the 16th for the Commissioner's Cup, which was previously known as the All-Sports Trophy. The award (which started in 1962-63 for men's sports and 1980-81 for women's sports) was previously divided into a Men's All-Sport Champion and a Women's All-Sport Champion. Points were awarded for each of the league's sponsored sports and each school was required to count its totals from each sport in its grand total.
The points system now has schools count 13 total sports in the final standings. Among those 13, schools are required to count the point totals of three main sports (men's basketball, women's basketball, and volleyball) as well as the highest finishing men's and women's track & field sport (either cross country, indoor track & field or outdoor track & field). Schools that sponsor football are required to count it as one of its 13 sports.
Points are distributed based on the number of schools that sponsor the sport (e.g. if 10 schools sponsor a sport, the champion will earn 10 points, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third place, etc.).
In addition, winners of OVC Tournaments (soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, softball and baseball as well as the football champion) get one additional bonus point.