The Ohio Valley Conference's Commissioner’s Cup is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in Conference-sponsored championships and is awarded annually to one member institution.
The award was previously known as the All-Sports Trophy. That 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.
All-Time Men's All-Sport Trophy winners can be found by clicking HERE. All-Time Women's All-Sport Trophy winners can be found by clicking HERE.
Beginning with the 2008-09 academic year, only one trophy is awarded. The points system was updated in 2022-23 and schools now 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 11 schools sponsor a sport, the champion will earn 11 points, 10 points for second place, 9 point for third place, etc.).
Tournament champions (men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis and beach volleyball) receive an additional point.
Click on the year to view a PDF or sport-by-sport breakdown of that season's final standings.
All-Time Commissioner's Cup Winners
2008-09 -- Murray State University
2009-10 -- Eastern Illinois University
2010-11 -- Eastern Illinois University
2011-12 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2012-13 -- Eastern Illinois University
2013-14 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2014-15 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2015-16 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2016-17 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2017-18 -- Eastern Kentucky University
2018-19 -- Murray State University
2019-20 -- Not Awarded Due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21 -- Southeast Missouri State University
2021-22 -- Belmont University
2022-23 -- Southeast Missouri State University
2023-24 -- Eastern Illinois University; University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2024-25 -- Southeast Missouri State University