GAC All-Sports Trophy Champions Once More

For the sixth time in the seven-year history of the league, Arkansas Tech University is home to the top intercollegiate athletics program in the Great American Conference.

ATU was named the 2017-18 GAC All-Sports Trophy winner by the league office on Friday, June 1.

Golden Suns and Wonder Boys teams combined to accumulate 92 points through their conference finishes in 10 sports  — baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, football, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, women’s tennis and volleyball — during the recently completed academic year.

The regular season standings determined the points in sports with a round-robin schedule. The conference championship event determined the points in sports without a regular season format (i.e. women’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s golf).

Harding University, the 2016-17 GAC All-Sports Trophy winner, finished second this year with 85 points.

Oklahoma Baptist University (3rd, 78.5 points), Southern Arkansas University (4th, 68.5 points), Southeastern Oklahoma State University (5th, 67.5 points), Henderson State University (6th, 66 points), Southwestern Oklahoma State University (7th, 57 points), Southern Nazarene University (8th, 55.5 points), Northwestern Oklahoma State University (9th, 51 points), East Central University (10th, 47.5 points), Ouachita Baptist University (11th, 45 points) and the University of Arkansas-Monticello (37.5 points) completed the final 2017-18 GAC All-Sports Trophy standings.