Edinboro Leads in Fall Dixon Trophy Standings
Dixon Trophy Standings
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- Following the completion of all eight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference fall championships, Edinboro University is in first place in the 2021-22 Dixon Trophy Standings.
The Dixon Trophy is awarded at the end of each academic year to the league’s most successful program based on conference playoff and/or regular-season finish. Standings are compiled based on average score for all PSAC Championship sports each school sponsors. Equal to its total membership, each conference sport champion is awarded 18 points and a descending point value is given for respective place finishes. The second-through last-place values vary depending on the number of teams that sponsor the sport.
Edinboro has an overall average of 13.90 after participating in five fall championships. The men won the cross country championships and football finished in fifth place in the PSAC West (13.25). The women also took home the cross country title and appeared both in the PSAC women’s soccer and volleyball tournaments (14.33).
Gannon is in second place with an overall average of 13.50 after competing in seven championships. The men finished second in golf and soccer while the women took second place in volleyball.
IUP (11.50), West Chester (11.19), and Kutztown (11.08) round out the top five, respectively.
IUP leads the men’s side with an average of 15.17 following a first-place finish at the golf championships and a fourth-place showing in cross country. On the women’s side, Gannon sits in first place with an average of 14.67 — finishing second in volleyball and appearing in the women’s soccer semifinals.
Introduced in the 1995-96 academic year, the award is named in honor of F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., former chairman of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors. Since then, eight PSAC institutions have claimed the Dixon Trophy. Shippensburg leads the league with eight victories, followed by West Chester’s five. Lock Haven and Bloomsburg have three titles apiece, and Cal U follows with two victories. Kutztown, Slippery Rock, and Millersville have each won once.
The next update of the Dixon Trophy standings will be released following the conclusion of the winter championship season in early March.
ABOUT THE PSAC
Headquartered in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference comprised of 18 institutions in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The member institutions are Bloomsburg University, California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Gannon University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University, Mansfield University, Mercyhurst University, Millersville University, The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Seton Hill University, Shepherd University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University and West Chester University.