Gallaudet Bison : Gallaudet University athletics places tenth in 2011-12 NEAC President's Cup standings

May 31, 2012

Gallaudet University athletics places tenth in 2011-12 NEAC President's Cup standings

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. – The Gallaudet University athletics program placed tenth out of 13 schools in the final North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) President’s Cup standings announced by NEAC Commissioner Candice Poiss Murray at the annual conference retreat at the end of May.

The Bison finished tenth overall in the men’s standings and was 11th in the women’s standings. GU fields six teams that compete on the women’s side (basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball) and five on the men’s side (baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming). The NEAC President’s Cup standings for men’s, women’s and overall are determined by percentage and not total points earned because some schools don’t support all 16 sports sponsored by the conference.

Gallaudet had an overall percentage of 44.62 percent as the Bison tallied 41.5 points out of a possible 93. The Bison women’s programs accumulated 25 points out of a possible 54 (46.3 percent) as they finished 11th. On the men’s side, Gallaudet totaled 16.5 points out of a possible 39 (42.3 percent) to edge out Lancaster Bible College.

SUNYIT repeated as the overall winner for a third straight year as the Wildcats had a 66.99 overall percentage to edged Penn St.-Harrisburg (65.38) and Keuka College (63.82) in the final standings. Keuka won the women’s standings trophy with 73.8 percent while Morrisville St. took top billing in the men’s standings with 78.4 percent.

The Bison claimed 2011-12 NEAC championships in women’s volleyball and men’s swimming. Last year, Gallaudet finished fourth overall with 47.5 points (64.19 percent).

2011-12 NEAC President’s Cup Overall Standings

Rank	Institution	Points Earned	Points Possible	Percentage %
1	SUNYIT	69	103	66.99
2	Penn St.-Harrisburg	68	104	65.38
3	Keuka	78.5	123	63.82
4	Morrisville St.	59	95	62.11
5	Penn St.-Berks	64.5	104	62.02
6	Cazenovia	69.5	120	57.92
7	Wells	57.5	108	53.24
8	SUNY Cobleskill	53	102	51.96
9	Penn St.-Abington	63.5	123	51.63
10	Lancaster Bible	46	93	49.46
11	Gallaudet	41.5	93	44.62
12	St. Elizabeth*	21.5	71	30.28
13	Wilson*	10.5	36	29.17

Note: St. Elizabeth and Wilson do not have men's athletic programs, so total results include only women's sports points.

2011-12 NEAC President’s Cup Women's Standings

Rank	Institution	Points Earned	Points Possible	Percentage %
1	Keuka	48	65	73.8
2	SUNYIT	38	58	65.5
3	Cazenovia	41	63	65.1
4	Penn St.-Harrisburg	35.5	56	63.4
5	Wells	36.5	59	61.9
6	Penn St.-Berks	34.5	56	61.6
7	Lancaster Bible	29.5	53	55.7
8	SUNY Cobleskill	28	53	52.8
9	Morrisville St.	30	58	51.7
10	Penn St.-Abington	33	66	50.0
11	Gallaudet	25	54	46.3
12	St. Elizabeth	21.5	71	30.3
13	Wilson	10.5	36	29.2

2011-12 NEAC President’s Cup Men's Standings

Rank	Institution	Points Earned	Points Possible	Percentage %
1	Morrisville St.	29	37	78.4
2	SUNYIT	31	45	68.9
3	Penn St.-Harrisburg	32.5	48	67.7
4	Penn St.-Berks	30	48	62.5
5	Penn St.-Abington	30.5	57	53.5
6	Keuka	30.5	58	52.6
7	SUNY Cobleskill	25	49	51.0
8	Cazenovia	28.5	57	50.0
9	Wells	21	49	42.9
10	Gallaudet	16.5	39	42.3
11	Lancaster Bible	16.5	40	41.3

For more information about the NEAC please visit its website at www.neacsports.com.