Franklin and Rose-Hulman Share HCAC Men’s All-Sports Trophy
May 5, 2008
GREENWOOD , IN – Franklin College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology have won the 2007-08 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s All-Sports Trophy. The Grizzlies and Engineers tied, earning 53.5 points during the academic year to claim the men’s all-sports trophy. It is Franklin’s third straight award, while the Engineers claim their second men’s trophy.
The Grizzlies’ men’s programs were consistent in all eight sports they participated in during the year. Franklin captured first place in football and earned five second-place finishes. The Grizzlies earned valuable second-place all-sports points in cross country, men’s basketball, men’s tennis, men’s golf, and baseball.
Rose-Hulman captured first place in men’s track for the first time in school history this spring and also earned first place points in men’s swimming. The Engineers posted a second place finish in men’s soccer and registered third place finishes in cross country, football, wrestling, men’s tennis, and baseball.
Anderson University finished third in the men’s all-sports race with 46.5 points. Transylvania University finished fourth with 41 points and was followed by the College of Mount St. Joseph with 35.5 points. Defiance College (34 points), Manchester College (33.5), Hanover College (30), and Bluffton University (14.5) rounded out the standings.
The award has been handed out to the most successful men’s athletic department in the conference since 1988 when the conference was known as the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Kerry Prather serves as the top administrator for the athletic department at Franklin College, while Jeff Jenkins holds the title of Athletic Director at Rose-Hulman.
There are ten men’s sports sponsored by the HCAC. The men compete in tennis, golf, soccer, cross country, football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, swimming, and track & field. Teams earn points for their institution by placing in each sport's championship.