Granville, Ohio - Denison University has earned its sixth consecutive and conference-leading 21st North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Trophy after winning eight outright conference titles in baseball, men's basketball, men's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, and volleyball. They shared the NCAC title in field hockey, men's soccer, and softball, and recorded 11 additional top-five finishes during the 2024-25 academic year.
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The Big Red also achieved four second-place finishes in men's lacrosse, men's outdoor track & field, women's swimming & diving, and women's tennis. They collected two third-place showings in football and men's indoor track & field, as well as a share of third in women's basketball, for a total of 220.5 points to sit atop the standings.
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The All-Sports champion earns the coveted Dennis M. Collins All-Sports Trophy, awarded annually to the school that performs best across the NCAC's 23 sports. First-place finishes earn 11 points, ten for second, nine for third, and so on. The performances of men's and women's sports are combined, which aligns with the North Coast Athletic Conference's commitment to equity and balance among programs. Denison leads the league with 187 team championships during the NCAC's 41 competitive seasons. Ohio Wesleyan is second all-time with 165 titles, followed by Kenyon (143), Wittenberg (125), Allegheny (119), Wooster (85), DePauw (50), Wabash (36), Oberlin (27), Case Western Reserve (9), and Hiram and Earlham (2).