LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) ranked fourth in the 2022-23 Dixon Trophy Standings as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) announced the fall update of its annual overall department award.
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.
IUP posted an average score of 11.29 in seven fall sports, sitting behind Gannon (13.86), Kutztown (12.67) and West Chester (11.31).
IUP boasts the highest men's sport average of the 18 PSAC schools with a score of 16.00. The men's golf and football teams each won the conference championship in the fall, good for 18 points each. The men's cross country team finished sixth at the conference meet to score 12. Gannon and Kutztown followed behind in the men's average with 13.25 points.
The IUP women's sports averaged 7.75 points, ranking 14th among the 18 schools. Women's volleyball had the highest score of 12.5 points after securing a postseason berth.
PSAC's Dixon Trophy
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.
Up next
The next update of the Dixon Trophy standings will be released following the conclusion of the winter championship season in early March.
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