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For Immediate ReleaseMarch 31, 2011

Contact: Julie WorkDirector of [email protected]

Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Records Winter-High 408.50 Points in theFinal Winter Division II Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings;

RMAC Places Three Institutions in the Top 10

CLEVELAND In the final winter Division II Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings, GrandValley State (Mich.) has kept the overall lead with 728 points. The Lakers finished 33

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womens basketball in the most recent championships.

Shippensburg (Pa.) remains in second with 496.50 total points. The Raiders did not add to theirpoint total in the final set of winter championships.

Adams State (Colo.) has moved from sixth to third after placing ninth in womens basketball and33

rdin mens basketball. The Grizzlies have 484 total points, with 299 points coming during the

winter championships.

Grand Canyon (Ariz.) sits in fourth after having accumulated a winter-high 408.50 points. TheAntelopes finished ninth in womens basketball and now have 461.50 total points.

Rounding out the top five is Central Missouri. The Mules will take 456 total points with them intothe spring championships.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has set the pace by having three of its institutionscurrently in the top 10. Following third place Adams State (Colo.), is Colorado School of Mines inseventh and Western State (Colo.) in ninth.

All seven winter NCAA championships have been completed with the following institutionscapturing titles: womens swimming & diving Drury (Mo.); mens swimming & diving Drury(Mo.); womens indoor track & field Grand Valley State (Mich.); mens indoor track & field Abilene Christian (Tex.); wrestling Nebraska Omaha; mens basketball Bellarmine (Ky.);womens basketball Clayton (Ga.).

The Learfield Sports Directors Cup was developed as a joint effort between the NationalAssociation of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awardedbased on each institution's finish in up to 14 sports -- seven womens and seven mens.

The first Division II spring standings will be released Thursday, May 27, 2011.

Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will bepublished upon the completion of the spring season. Complete standings and the scoring

structure can be found on NACDAs website at www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visitwww.thedirectorscup.com, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/lsdirectorscup or follow us onTwitter @lsdirectorscup.

About Learfield Sports: The 2010-11 athletics season marks its third year as title partner of theLearfield Sports Directors Cup. A preeminent leader in the collegiate sports marketplace fornearly 40 years, Learfield Sports manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for more than50 collegiate institutions conferences and associations The company also operates regional and

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT............... ................ ....... DAVE ROACH

Colgate University

1st

VICE PRESIDENT...................DAN GUERRERO

UCLA

2nd

VICE PRESIDENT ............... KEVIN ANDERSON

University of Maryland

3rd

VICE PRESIDENT.......................... MIKE ALDEN

University of Missouri

SECRETARY.......................................DAVID STAIR

Evangel University

PAST PRESIDENTS1965-66....................... ................ ....... JIM CORBETT

Louisiana State University1966-67....................... ............... ....... DICK LARKINS

Ohio State University1967-68............................................BOB BRONZAN

San Jose State University1968-69....................... ................ .. MARSH TURNER

Johns Hopkins University1969-70....................... ............... ........... BILL ORWIG

Indiana University1970-71............................................ AL TWITCHELL

Rutgers University1971-72....................... ................ ............. BUD JACK

University of Utah1972-73.........................................CECIL COLEMAN

University of Illinois1973-74.............................................. JOHN WINKIN

Colby College1974-75........................ ............... ..... HARRY FOUKE

University of Houston1975-76....................... ................ ............ BILL ROHR

Ohio University1976-77....................... ............... .. STAN MARSHALL

South Dakota State University1977-78..................................................BILL FLYNN

Boston College

1978-79.............................................. FRED MILLERArizona State University1979-80....................................... BEN CARNEVALE

College of William & Mary1980-81........................ ................ ...... JOHN TONER

University of Connecticut1981-82...................................................MIKE LUDE

University of Washington1982-83.............................................GEORGE KING

Purdue University1983-84...............................................BOB KARNES

Drake University1984-85........................ ................ ....... JOHN CLUNE

U.S. Air Force Academy1985-86........................ ............. ANDY MOORADIAN

University of New Hampshire

1986-87........................ ............... ........ HOMER RICEGeorgia Institute of Technology

1987-88...............................................CARL MILLERUniversity of the Pacific

1988-89...................... ............ GARY CUNNINGHAMFresno State

1989-90........................................... JACK LENGYELU.S. Naval Academy

1990-91.................................. FRANK WINDEGGERTexas Christian University

1991-92................................................. BILL BYRNEUniversity of Oregon

1992-93....................... ............... ............. JIM JONESOhio State University

1993-94...................................... JOHN SWOFFORDUniversity of North Carolina

1994-95...........................................EUGENE SMITHIowa State University

1995-96....................... ......... W. JAMES COPELANDSouthern Methodist University

1996-97.....................................BARBARA HEDGESUniversity of Washington

1997-98....................... ............... ..... VINCE DOOLEYUniversity of Georgia

1998-99..........................................JIM LIVENGOODUniversity of Arizona

1999-2000........................ .............. DAVE HART, JR.
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