Lakers earn top trophy in NCAA Division II

Grand Valley earned the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup trophy for the third consecutive year for having the nation's top Division II athletic program.
Grand Valley earned the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup trophy for the third consecutive year for having the nation's top Division II athletic program.

For the third consecutive year, Grand Valley has earned the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup trophy, known as the all-sports trophy for having the nation's top NCAA Division II athletic program.

The trophy will be presented June 14 in Dallas, Texas, at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention.

Grand Valley has earned 11 Directors' Cup trophies in the last 13 years. The scoring system is based on the national finishes of seven men's and seven women's sports.

Highlighted by a national championship in soccer, the Lakers recorded 11 top five finishes: women's cross county (second), football (third), women's basketball (third), women's indoor track and field (third), men's cross country (fourth), women's golf (fourth), men's outdoor track and field (fourth), women's outdoor track and field (fourth), and women's swimming and diving (fifth) and men's indoor track and field (fifth).

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