2008-09 Division III Directors' Cup Final Standings

Highlighted by a remarkable winter season, New York University finished 2008-09 in 65th place in the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup Division III Standings.

The U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup was introduced in the 1993-94 athletic term for Division I, then expanded in 1995-96 to include Division II, III and the NAIA. The program is an inter-season competition between schools awarding cumulative points for national finishes in NCAA or NAIA championships.

The women's basketball team earned NYU's most points (64) this winter in their advance to the Sweet Sixteen. With the combined men's and women's fencing team's 15th-place finish earned 45 more points. The men's and women's swimming and diving teams added 50 and 27.5, respectively. Five points from the wrestling team capped the Violets' 191.50 winter total.

The men's cross country team's 12th-place finish in the fall earned 54 points, the second highest of any NYU squad. The men's track and field team's spring season's five points brought the total to 250.5, landing NYU in 65th place out of the 310 Division III schools in the final standings.

Williams College finished the year with 1066.50 points, topping the standings for an 11th consecutive year.

Two of NYU's fellow University Athletic Association teams placed within the rankings' top-10. Washington University in St. Louis took fourth place with 873 points, followed by a fifth-place, 809.50- point finish from Emory University.

The final Division III U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings were released on Friday, June 19, 2009.