July 13, 2011

CLEVELAND – The University of Denver received the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) All-Sports trophy for the 2010-11 year. For the fourth straight year, Denver was the top-ranked Division I-AAA institution in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings.

The Pioneers tallied 384.50 total points in the standings with their highest finish in men’s lacrosse, third. Denver also tallied points in men’s soccer, women’s gymnastics, men’s ice hockey, skiing, women’s swimming, women’s golf and men’s golf.

Rounding out the top-five in Division I were UC Irvine in second with 238.00 points, Iona in third with 231.50 points, Boston University in fourth with 229.00 points and rounding out the top five was St. John’s (N.Y.) with 185.00 points.

The following institutions captured 2010-11 DI-AAA ADA All-Sports Trophies: baseball – UC Irvine; men’s basketball – Virginia Commonwealth; women’s basketball – Gonzaga; men’s cross country – Iona; women’s cross country – Providence; men’s golf – Pepperdine; women’s golf – Denver, Fairleigh Dickinson, North Carolina Wilmington, Oral Roberts, Pepperdine and Stetson; men’s soccer – UC Santa Barbara, Charleston, Creighton, Maryland Baltimore County and Providence; women’s soccer – UC Irvine and Marquette; softball –DePaul, Illinois Chicago, Iona, Long Beach State and Pacific; men’s tennis – Binghamton, UC Irvine, Cleveland State, East Tennessee State, George Washington, Missouri Kansas City, North Carolina Wilmington, Radford, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Virginia Commonwealth; women’s tennis – Pepperdine; men’s indoor track & field – Iona; women’s indoor track & field – Boston University; men’s outdoor track & field – Iona; women’s outdoor track & field – Wichita State; and women’s volleyball – Creighton.

About Division I-AAA ADA: Now in its 11th year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the 95 Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs. For more information on the Division I-AAA ADA, please visit www.div1aaa-ada.com. The Division I-AAA ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 47th year. For more information on NACDA and the 12 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.