WICHITA, Kan. (2021-22 Commissioner's Cup Standings) — Friends University has won the KCAC Commissioners Cup for the 2021-22 academic year, the conference office announced Thursday. The KCAC Commissioner's Cup is awarded annually as a symbol of excellence in athletics representing 21 championships. Member institutions can earn points for their finish of each varsity team in those 21 officially recognized conference sports.  The KCAC Commissioner's Cup is presented by McCownGordon Construction.
 
This marks the fifth time in the history of the award that the Falcons have taken home the KCAC Commissioner's Cup, the most of any institution in the conference. This is the first time since the 2018-19 academic year that Friends has won the Commissioner's Cup, as Kansas Wesleyan has won it each of the last two years. 
 
"We are excited and proud to win the Commissioner's Cup this year," Dr. Rob Ramseyer, Associate Vice President of Athletics at Friends University, said. "We have talented and hardworking student-athletes, coaches, and support staff as well as a campus community that is dedicated to the holistic development of our students.  Our environment at Friends not only focuses on winning, but places a high emphasis on graduating, engaging our community, exploring questions of faith, and character growth."
 
"I offer my congratulations to Friends University Athletics and all the efforts this year during regular-season competition to claim a fifth Commissioner's Cup since the 2014-15 academic year and first since the 2018-19 academic year.  The Falcons continue to demonstrate athletic excellence across the athletic department," indicated Dr. Scott Crawford, KCAC Commissioner.
  Friends found success in a variety of sports throughout the fall, winter, and spring seasons.

• The Falcons finished in a tie for first in the Commissioner's Cup standings after the fall season, behind second-place finishes in both Men's and Women's Cross Country at the KCAC Cross Country Championships, and second-place finishes in the regular-season standings for both Men's Soccer (tied with Tabor) and Women's Soccer.
• Friends had the strongest winter season in the Commissioner's Cup standings of any school in the conference, earning 48 points in the winter season alone, which provided them with a ten-point cushion at that point in time. The Falcons took home team championships in Competitive Cheer and Women's Indoor Track & Field in the winter, as well as having strong finishes in Men's Indoor Track & Field (second) and Women's Basketball (fourth).
• In the spring Commissioner's Cup standings, Friends finished behind Ottawa and Kansas Wesleyan, but scored enough points to take home the Commissioner's Cup and beat out second-place Kansas Wesleyan by nine points. The spring season saw strong regular-season finishes from both Falcon softball (tied for third) and baseball (fourth), as well as second-place finishes for both the men and women at the KCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2021-22 KCAC Commissioner's Cup Final Standings (Season-by-Season Breakdown)
 

INSTITUTION	TOTAL POINTS
Friends University	160
Kansas Wesleyan University	151
Ottawa University	137
Tabor College	134.5
Southwestern College	128
McPherson College	127
University of Saint Mary	123.5
Oklahoma Wesleyan University	110
Bethel College	101
Bethany College	92.5
York College	88.5
Sterling College	84
Avila University	49

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About the Commissioner's Cup
 
In an effort to further recognize the achievements of its student-athletes and member institutions the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference developed an award for the institution that performs the greatest over the fall, winter, and spring athletic seasons. The KCAC Commissioner's Cup will be awarded annually as a symbol of excellence in athletics representing 21 championships. Member institutions can earn points for their finish of each varsity team in those 21 officially recognized conference sports.
   
Points are assigned based on regular-season finish for football, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis. In competitive cheer, competitive dance, cross country, men's wrestling, indoor track & field, men's and women's golf, and outdoor track & field, the conference championship meet results will determine point values. To be a conference sport there must be six member institutions competing in that sport at the varsity level.
 
Teams who finish in first place will be awarded a maximum number of points equivalent to the total number of teams competing in that respective sport. Point tallies will continue in reverse order until the last place team has been awarded its corresponding point value (i.e. if a sport only has seven teams, point values will be given from the maximum 7 to 1).  When two or more teams tie for final placing in the conference standings, each team will be awarded the average of the respective placing. For example, if three teams tied for second place in a sport with 11 teams, those three teams will be given the score of nine points because those three teams are occupying the second (10 points), third (9 points) and fourth (8 points) positions in the standings. The sum of those three positions (27 points) divided by the three teams yields an average score of nine points for each of the teams.
   
Previous Winners:
2012-13: Tabor College
2013-14: Ottawa University
2014-15: Friends University
2015-16: Friends University
2016-17: Tabor College
2017-18: Friends University
2018-19: Friends University
2019-20: Kansas Wesleyan University
2020-21: Kansas Wesleyan University