Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Finishes First in Final NAIA Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings; Golden State Athletic Conference Places Four in Top 10

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1 OFFICERS PRESIDENT... DAVE ROACH Colgate University 1 st VICE PRESIDENT... DAN GUERRERO UCLA 2 nd VICE PRESIDENT... KEVIN ANDERSON University of Maryland 3 rd VICE PRESIDENT... MIKE ALDEN University of Missouri SECRETARY... DAVID STAIR Evangel University PAST PRESIDENTS JIM CORBETT Louisiana State University DICK LARKINS Ohio State University BOB BRONZAN San Jose State University MARSH TURNER Johns Hopkins University BILL ORWIG Indiana University AL TWITCHELL Rutgers University BUD JACK University of Utah CECIL COLEMAN University of Illinois JOHN WINKIN Colby College HARRY FOUKE University of Houston BILL ROHR Ohio University STAN MARSHALL South Dakota State University BILL FLYNN Boston College FRED MILLER Arizona State University BEN CARNEVALE College of William & Mary JOHN TONER University of Connecticut MIKE LUDE University of Washington GEORGE KING Purdue University BOB KARNES Drake University JOHN CLUNE U.S. Air Force Academy ANDY MOORADIAN University of New Hampshire HOMER RICE Georgia Institute of Technology CARL MILLER University of the Pacific GARY CUNNINGHAM Fresno State JACK LENGYEL U.S. Naval Academy FRANK WINDEGGER Texas Christian University BILL BYRNE University of Oregon JIM JONES Ohio State University JOHN SWOFFORD University of North Carolina EUGENE SMITH Iowa State University W. JAMES COPELAND Southern Methodist University BARBARA HEDGES University of Washington VINCE DOOLEY University of Georgia JIM LIVENGOOD University of Arizona DAVE HART, JR. Florida State University DEBORAH YOW University of Maryland BILL BRADSHAW DePaul University JOE CASTIGLIONE University of Oklahoma JUDY ROSE University of North Carolina Charlotte GENE DeFILIPPO Boston College TIM CURLEY Penn State University LEE McELROY University at Albany KEVIN WHITE University of Notre Dame JOAN CRONAN University of Tennessee RANDY SPETMAN Florida State University For Immediate Release June 17, 2011 NACDA Detroit Road Westlake, Ohio Fax: Contact: Julie Work Director of Communications jwork@nacda.com Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Finishes First in Final NAIA Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings; Golden State Athletic Conference Places Four in Top 10 CLEVELAND Azusa Pacific (Calif.) has claimed the top spot in the final NAIA Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings. The Cougars tallied total points in taking home their seventh straight Learfield Sports Directors Cup. Embry Riddle Aeronautical (Fla.) finished in second following a fifth place finish in baseball. The Eagles end the year with total points. The Hawks of Shorter (Ga.) finished in the top five for the first time in the third place spot with total points. In fourth place with total points is Fresno Pacific (Calif.). The Sunbirds most recently finished 20 th in baseball. Lindenwood (Mo.) rounds out the top-five with total points. The Golden State Athletic Conference remains atop the conference standings, with four of its member institutions in the top 10 (Azusa Pacific (Calif.) - first; Fresno Pacific (Calif.) - fourth; California Baptist sixth; Concordia (Calif.) eighth). All eight spring NAIA championships have been completed to date with the following institutions capturing titles: baseball Concordia (Calif.); women s golf California Baptist; men s golf Oklahoma Christian; softball Oregon Tech; women s tennis Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); men s tennis Fresno Pacific (Calif.); women s track & field Concordia (Ore.); men s track & field Shorter (Ga.). 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 12 sports -- six women s and six men s. 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 third year as title partner of the Learfield Sports Directors Cup. A preeminent leader in the collegiate sports marketplace for nearly 40 years, Learfield Sports manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for more than 50 collegiate institutions, conferences and associations. The company also operates regional and statewide radio networks, having broadcast over 50,000 games and coaches shows since it began working with flagship property Mizzou in These ever-expanding, collegiate relationships feature strategic sponsorship platforms that include stadium/arena signage, official university publications, Internet sites, digital media, hospitality, radio and television programming as well as game-day events. To learn more about Learfield Sports, which is an operating unit of Learfield Communications, Inc., visit learfieldsports.com. - nacda -

2 1 Golden State Azusa Pacific (Calif.) x The Sun Embry Riddle Aeronautical (Fla.) Southern States Shorter (Ga.) Golden State Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Heart of America Lindenwood (Mo.) Golden State California Baptist Sooner Oklahoma City Golden State Concordia (Calif.) Independent Simon Fraser (B.C.) Sooner Oklahoma Christian Golden State Biola (Calif.) Mid-South Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Southern States Lee (Tenn.) x Cascade Concordia (Ore.) Great Plains Hastings (Neb.) Sooner Oklahoma Baptist Great Plains Morningside (Iowa) Great Plains Sioux Falls (S.D.) American Mideast Malone (Ohio) Sooner Wayland Baptist (Tex.) Independent Cal State San Marcos Dakota Black Hills State (S.D.) Independent British Columbia (Can.) Golden State Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) Mid-Central Indiana Wesleyan Great Plains Northwestern (Iowa) Cascade Eastern Oregon Wolverine-Hoosier Cornerstone (Mich.) Cascade Southern Oregon Frontier Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) American Midwest Mc Kendree (Ill.) American Mideast Notre Dame (Ohio) Wolverine-Hoosier Indiana Institute of Tech Southern States William Carey (Miss.) Midwest Collegiate Grand View (Iowa) Great Plains Doane (Neb.) Golden State Vanguard (Calif.) Sooner Lubbock Christian (Tex.) Mid-Central Bethel (Ind.) Heart of America William Jewell (Mo.) Kansas Collegiate Kansas Wesleyan Chicagoland Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) Appalachian Union (Ky.)

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