BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston has won the 2018-19 Mountain East Conference Commissioner's Cup recognizing overall athletic excellence among its membership on an annual basis. It marks the fourth Commissioner's Cup for the University of Charleston since the league began in 2013-14.
The standings are compiled utilizing an "all-sports rating." This rating is determined by a formula that awards points to a school for its regular season finish equal to the number of teams per sport sponsored by the MEC, and then divided by the number of sports offered by the institution. The final rating is a percentage of points acquired against the number of points available
(average percentile finish in the standings of each sport sponsored by an institution).
Charleston finished atop the standings with an All-Sports rating of 0.87195. The Golden Eagles won conference championships in men's and women's golf, men's cross country, men's soccer, baseball and men's track.
Notre Dame finished second, followed by Fairmont State, West Liberty, Concord and Shepherd to round out the top half of the standings.
Ten of the 12 schools in the league won a regular season or tournament championship in 2018-19.
2018-19 Mountain East Conference Commissioner's Cup Standings
|
MEC
Sports |
Points |
Annual
Possible |
All-Sports
Rating |
| University of Charleston |
17 |
143 |
164 |
0.87195 |
| Notre Dame College |
14 |
89 |
133 |
0.66917 |
| Fairmont State University |
16 |
97.5 |
151 |
0.64570 |
| West Liberty University |
17 |
101.5 |
163 |
0.62270 |
| Concord University |
16 |
94 |
158 |
0.59494 |
| Shepherd University |
12 |
73.5 |
124 |
0.59274 |
| W.Va. Wesleyan College |
20 |
96.5 |
177 |
0.54520 |
| Wheeling Jesuit University |
15 |
76.5 |
147 |
0.52041 |
| W.Va. State University |
10 |
55.5 |
110 |
0.50455 |
| UVa-Wise |
13 |
54.5 |
134 |
0.40672 |
| Glenville State College |
13 |
46 |
129 |
0.35650 |
| Urbana University |
15 |
40.5 |
142 |
0.33212 |
* Points are awarded based on the number of institutions that sponsor a sport. First place receives the number of points equal to the number of teams, last place receives one point.
*Ties are not broken in and points are equally shared among teams that tie in the standings EXCEPT in sports with divisional play and conference championship situations.
*An extra point is given to conference tournament champions in applicable sports.
* The 'All-Sports Rating' is the total number of points that an institution compiles divided by the number of sports offered.
*The rating is a percentage of points acquired vs. number of points available |
Previous Champions
2013-14: University of Charleston
2014-15: Wheeling Jesuit
2015-16: University of Charleston
2016-17: W.Va. Wesleyan
2017-18: University of Charleston
