LOCK HAVEN, PA — IUP athletics is ranked No. 6 in the 2023-24 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Dixon Trophy standings released Thursday.
Published throughout the fall sports season, IUP ranks third among conference schools in men’s sports with an average of 13.50 points, while the women’s team ranks tied for 12th in the league with an 8.00 points average. Overall, IUP boasts a 10.36 average throughout the fall season, which ranks him third among schools in the PSAC West.
The Dixon Trophy is awarded at the end of each academic year to the league’s most successful program based on conference playoffs and/or regular season completion. Standings are compiled based on the average score of all PSAC Championship sports sponsored by each school. Each conference sports champion is awarded his 18 points according to his total membership, with descending point values for each ranking finish. The second to last value depends on the number of teams sponsoring the sport.
IUP scored 16 points in men’s cross country and finished 15 points behind second place in men’s golf at the conference championship. Women’s volleyball kept the pace of women’s sports in the division as she scored 13.5 points as a PSAC quarterfinalist. NCAA Tournament appearances do not factor into these rankings.
East Stroudsburg has been in first place throughout the fall sports season, with Gannon, the two-time defending champion, coming in second. In the current standings, Kutztown (12.17 points), Slippery Rock (11.71 points) and Shippensburg (10.71 points) round out the top five, just ahead of IUP (10.36 points).
Introduced in the 1995-1996 school year, the award is named in honor of F. Eugene Dixon Jr., former chairman of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors.
The next update to the Dixon Trophy standings will be announced after the Winter Championship season concludes in early March.
Dixon Trophy Standings – Fall 2023-24
- ESU – 14.14
- Ganon – 12.93
- Kutztown – 12.17
- Slippery Rock – 11.71
- Shippensburg – 10.71
- IUP – 10.36
- Westchester – 10.00
- Lock Haven – 9.60
- Millersville – 9.50
- Bloomsburg – 9.38
- Edinboro – 9.17
- Seton Hill – 8.33
- Calories U – 8.25
- Clarion – 7.47
- Shepherd – 6.71
- Mercyhurst – 6.28
- Pitt Johnstown – 5.83
- Mansfield – 5.63