The first Division III winter standings will be released March 15, 2012.

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1 OFFICERS PRESIDENT... DAN GUERRERO UCLA 1 st VICE PRESIDENT... KEVIN ANDERSON University of Maryland 2 nd VICE PRESIDENT... MIKE ALDEN University of Missouri 3 rd VICE PRESIDENT... JIM PHILLIPS Northwestern University SECRETARY... DON TENCHER Rhode Island College PAST PRESIDENTS DAVE ROACH Colgate University RANDY SPETMAN Florida State University JOAN CRONAN University of Tennessee KEVIN WHITE University of Notre Dame LEE McELROY University at Albany TIM CURLEY Penn State University GENE DeFILIPPO Boston College JUDY ROSE University of North Carolina Charlotte JOE CASTIGLIONE University of Oklahoma BILL BRADSHAW DePaul University DEBORAH YOW University of Maryland DAVE HART, JR. Florida State University JIM LIVENGOOD University of Arizona VINCE DOOLEY University of Georgia BARBARA HEDGES University of Washington W. JAMES COPELAND Southern Methodist University EUGENE SMITH Iowa State University JOHN SWOFFORD University of North Carolina JIM JONES Ohio State University BILL BYRNE University of Oregon FRANK WINDEGGER Texas Christian University JACK LENGYEL U.S. Naval Academy GARY CUNNINGHAM Fresno State CARL MILLER University of the Pacific HOMER RICE Georgia Institute of Technology ANDY MOORADIAN University of New Hampshire JOHN CLUNE U.S. Air Force Academy BOB KARNES Drake University GEORGE KING Purdue University MIKE LUDE University of Washington JOHN TONER University of Connecticut BEN CARNEVALE College of William & Mary FRED MILLER Arizona State University BILL FLYNN Boston College STAN MARSHALL South Dakota State University BILL ROHR Ohio University HARRY FOUKE University of Houston JOHN WINKIN Colby College CECIL COLEMAN University of Illinois BUD JACK University of Utah AL TWITCHELL Rutgers University BILL ORWIG Indiana University MARSH TURNER Johns Hopkins University BOB BRONZAN San Jose State University DICK LARKINS Ohio State University JIM CORBETT Louisiana State University For Immediate Release December 21, 2011 Washington University (Mo.) Leads Final Fall Division III Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings; NESCAC Places Three Institutions in the Top Ten CLEVELAND Washington University (Mo.) is in first place with 372 points in the final set of fall standings of the Division III Learfield Sports Directors Cup. The Bears earned their spot atop the standings by scoring in five of the seven fall championships. They finished first in women s cross country, third in men s cross country, fifth in women s soccer, ninth in volleyball and 17 th in men s soccer. Middlebury (VT.) is in second place with 359 points. Middlebury placed second in both women s cross country and field hockey, ninth in women s soccer and volleyball and 13 th in men s cross country. In third place with 264 points is Amherst (Mass.). The Lord Jeffs finished in fifth place in field hockey and women s soccer, ninth in men s soccer and 11 th in women s cross country. The Knights from Calvin (Mich.) sit in fourth place with 262 total points. Calvin finished second in men s soccer, ninth in volleyball, 11 th in men s cross country and 13 th in women s cross country. Salisbury (Md.) rounds out the top five with 240 points, finishing fifth in field hockey and football, 17 th in women s volleyball and 33 rd in both men s and women s soccer. The New England Small College Athletic Conference is leading the way with three of its institutions still in the top 10. Following second place Middlebury (Vt.) is Amherst (Mass.) in third and Williams (Mass.) in sixth. To date, all seven fall NCAA championships have been completed with the following institutions capturing titles: women s soccer - Messiah (Pa.); men s soccer - Ohio Wesleyan; volleyball - Wittenberg (Ohio); women s cross country - Washington (Mo.); men s cross country - North Central (Il.); field hockey - The College of New Jersey; football - Wisconsin Whitewater. The Learfield Sports Directors Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 18 sports -- nine women s and nine men s. The first Division III winter standings will be released March 15, Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will be published upon the completion of the spring season. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA s website at In addition, please visit like us on Facebook at facebook.com/lsdirectorscup or follow us on About Learfield Sports: The athletics season marks its fourth year as title partner of the Learfield Sports Directors Cup. A preeminent leader in the collegiate sports marketplace for nearly four decades, Learfield Sports manages the multimedia rights for more than 50 collegiate properties, including flagship Mizzou, which it has represented since An operating unit of Learfield Communications, the company also operates regional and statewide radio networks, provides exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations nationwide and creates nearly 7,000 radio game broadcasts and coaches shows each year. These ever-expanding, collegiate relationships also feature comprehensive corporate sponsorship platforms, official university publications, Internet, digital media, hospitality and game-day events. To learn more about Learfield Sports expertise, its history and complete collegiate portfolio, visit - nacda - NACDA Detroit Road Westlake, Ohio Fax: Contact: Julie Work Assistant Executive Director jwork@nacda.com

2 1 Washington University (Mo.) UAA Middlebury (Vt.) NESCAC Amherst (Mass.) NESCAC Calvin (Mich.) MIAA Salisbury (Md.) Capital Athletic Conference Williams (Mass.) NESCAC Wisconsin Whitewater WIAC Cortland State (N.Y.) SUNYAC Messiah (Pa.) Middle Atlantic Conferences North Central (Ill.) CCIW St. Lawrence (N.Y.) Liberty League Hobart/William Smith (N.Y.) Liberty League Johns Hopkins (Md.) Centennial Bowdoin (Maine) NESCAC Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. NEWMAC Christopher Newport (Va.) USA South St. Thomas (Minn.) MIAC Hope (Mich.) MIAA Emory (Ga.) UAA Skidmore (N.Y.) Liberty League New Jersey, College of NJAC Ohio Northern OAC Springfield (Mass.) NEWMAC Tufts (Mass.) NESCAC Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif. SCIAC Wheaton (Ill.) CCIW Mount Union (Ohio) OAC Trinity (Tex.) SCAC St. Olaf (Minn.) MIAC Montclair State (N.J.) NJAC W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 1

3 31 Dickinson (Pa.) Centennial Geneseo State (N.Y.) SUNYAC Eastern (Pa.) Middle Atlantic Conferences Concordia Moorhead (Minn.) MIAC Centre (Ky.) SCAC Ohio Wesleyan North Coast Wisconsin Oshkosh WIAC Loras (Iowa) IIAC California Lutheran SCIAC Wartburg (Iowa) IIAC Wabash (Ind.) North Coast Carthage (Wis.) CCIW Haverford (Pa.) Centennial Lynchburg (Va.) ODAC Wittenberg (Ohio) North Coast Case Western Reserve (Ohio) UAA St. Scholastica (Minn.) UMAC Stevens Institute of Tech. (N.J.) Empire Luther (Iowa) IIAC St. Benedict (Minn.) MIAC Redlands (Calif.) SCIAC Wesley (Del.) Capital Athletic Conference Ursinus (Pa.) Centennial Ithaca (N.Y.) Empire Oneonta State (N.Y.) SUNYAC Colorado College SCAC Penn State Behrend Allegheny Mountain Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) American Southwest Western New England (Mass.) Commonwealth Coast Misercordia (Pa.) Freedom W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 2

4 57 Chapman (Calif.) Independent Eastern Connecticut State Little East Westfield State (Mass.) MASCAC Thomas More (Ky.) PAC Texas Tyler American Southwest Rutgers Camden (N.J.) NJAC Rowan (N.J.) NJAC Mary Hardin Baylor (Tex.) American Southwest St. John Fisher (N.Y.) Empire Nebraska Wesleyan Independent Occidental (Calif.) SCIAC Chicago (Ill.) UAA Bates (Maine) NESCAC Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) SUNYAC Elizabethtown (Pa.) Middle Atlantic Conferences Wisconsin Eau Claire WIAC Carleton (Minn.) MIAC Neumann (Pa.) CSAC Juniata (Pa.) Landmark Massachusetts-Boston Little East Babson (Mass.) NEWMAC Randolph (Va.) ODAC New Paltz State (N.Y.) SUNYAC McMurry (Tex.) American Southwest Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) Centennial Franklin (Ind.) HCAC Catholic (D.C.) Landmark Keene State (N.H.) Little East Delaware Valley (Pa.) Middle Atlantic Conferences Monmouth (Ill.) Midwest W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 3

5 84 Kean (N.J.) NJAC Denison (Ohio) North Coast Linfield (Ore.) Northwest Conference Elmhurst (Ill.) CCIW Illinois Wesleyan CCIW Lebanon Valley (Pa.) Commonwealth Roger Williams (R.I.) Commonwealth Coast Cabrini (Pa.) CSAC Rose-Hulman (Ind.) HCAC California Santa Cruz Independent Clarkson (N.Y.) Liberty League Bethel (Minn.) MIAC DeSales (Pa.) Middle Atlantic Conferences Carroll (Wis.) Midwest Dominican (Ill.) NAC Trinity (Conn.) NESCAC Wesleyan (Conn.) NESCAC Wheaton (Mass.) NEWMAC Husson (Maine) North Atlantic Hiram (Ohio) North Coast Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) Northwest Conference Capital (Ohio) OAC Heidelberg (Ohio) OAC Randolph-Macon (Va.) ODAC Brockport State (N.Y.) SUNYAC New York University UAA Wisconsin La Crosse WIAC Oberlin (Ohio) North Coast Hamline (Minn.) MIAC Rhodes (Tenn.) SCAC W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 4

6 121 Rochester (N.Y.) UAA Allegheny (Pa.) North Coast Penn State Altoona Allegheny Mountain Texas at Dallas, University of American Southwest Stevenson Capital Athletic Conference York (Pa.) Capital Athletic Conference North Park (Ill.) CCIW Colby-Sawyer (N.H.) North Atlantic Endicott (Mass.) Commonwealth Coast Gwynedd Mercy (Pa.) CSAC Baruch (N.Y.) CUNY Athletic Conference Lehman (N.Y.) CUNY Athletic Conference Nazareth (N.Y.) Empire Manhattanville (N.Y.) Freedom Lasell (Mass.) GNAC Norwich (Vt.) GNAC Rivier (N.H.) GNAC St. Joseph's (Maine) GNAC Maryville (Tenn.) GSAC Piedmont (Ga.) GSAC Hanover (Ind.) HCAC Cornell College (Iowa) IIAC Dubuque (Iowa) IIAC Lancaster Bible College (Pa.) Independent Scranton (Pa.) Landmark US Merchant Marine (N.Y.) Landmark Vassar (N.Y.) Liberty League Framingham State (Mass.) MASCAC Albion (Mich.) MIAA Alma (Mich.) MIAA W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 5

7 123 Illinois College Midwest St. Norbert (Wis.) Midwest Aurora (Ill.) NAC Benedictine (Ill.) NAC Edgewood (Wis.) NAC Gallaudet (D.C.) NEAC Elms (Mass.) NECC Lesley (Mass.) NECC Southern Vermont NECC Richard Stockton (N.J.) NJAC Castleton State (Vt.) North Atlantic DePauw (Ind.) North Coast Puget Sound (Wash.) Northwest Conference Whitworth (Wash.) Northwest Conference Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) OAC Otterbein (Ohio) OAC Hampden-Sydney (Va.) ODAC Roanoke (Va.) ODAC Virginia Wesleyan ODAC Geneva (Pa.) PAC Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) PAC Oglethorpe (Ga.) SCAC Southwestern (Tex.) SCAC Farmingdale (N.Y.) Skyline Maritime (N.Y.) Skyline Polytechnic (N.Y.) Skyline Greenville (Ill.) SLIAC Principia (Ill.) SLIAC Webster (Mo.) SLIAC Minnesota Morris UMAC W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 6

8 123 Northwestern (MN) UMAC Shenandoah (Va.) USA South Wisconsin Stevens Point WIAC Willamette (Ore.) Northwest Conference Manchester (Ind.) HCAC W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball Page 7