Rowan Athletics Finishes 17th in LEARFIELD Division III Directors' Cup Standings
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Throughout the course of the year, Directors' Cup points are awarded based on a school's finish in up to 18 sports in the NCAA Championships.
Rowan, which had representation in 13 NCAA Championships by either full teams or individuals, saw the baseball, men's indoor track & field and men's outdoor track & field teams register third-place national finishes, with softball finishing fifth.
Rowan totaled 708.0 points in the Directors' Cup standings for NCAA Division III and was the top-finishing program in the NJAC. The Profs recently captured their fifth consecutive NJAC Cup, which signifies success for an institution's athletic program during the year of conference competition.
Rowan's 2024-25 NCAA Team Finishes
Men's Outdoor Track & Field – 3rd (NCAA Championship)
Rowan, which had representation in 13 NCAA Championships by either full teams or individuals, saw the baseball, men's indoor track & field and men's outdoor track & field teams register third-place national finishes, with softball finishing fifth.
Rowan totaled 708.0 points in the Directors' Cup standings for NCAA Division III and was the top-finishing program in the NJAC. The Profs recently captured their fifth consecutive NJAC Cup, which signifies success for an institution's athletic program during the year of conference competition.
Rowan's 2024-25 NCAA Team Finishes
Men's Outdoor Track & Field – 3rd (NCAA Championship)
Men's Indoor Track & Field – 3rd (NCAA Championship)
Baseball – 3rd (NCAA World Series)
Baseball – 3rd (NCAA World Series)
Softball – 5th (NCAA World Series)
Women's Lacrosse – 9th (NCAA Third Round)
Field Hockey – 9th (NCAA Second Round)
Field Hockey – 9th (NCAA Second Round)
Women's Swimming –19th (NCAA Championship)
Men's Swimming – 28th (NCAA Championship)
Women's Cross Country – 32nd (NCAA Championship)
Men's Cross Country – 33rd (NCAA Championship)
Women's Soccer – 33rd (NCAA First Round)
Women's Soccer – 33rd (NCAA First Round)
Men's Soccer – 33rd (NCAA First Round)
Women's Outdoor Track & Field – 38th (NCAA Championship)
Emory was the overall LEARFIELD Directors' Cup champion with 1198.75 total points with last year's champion Johns Hopkins finishing second (1147.0 points) and Tufts placing third (1069.00).
The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Directors' Cup points accumulated can vary by sport based on the size of a team bracket or the number of teams that score points at a particular NCAA Championship.
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 322 of those institutions scored points in the 2023-24 Directors' Cup standings.
Rowan All-Time in the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup
1995-96 5th place
1996-97 9th
1998-99 5th
(standings from 2000-02 N/A)
2003-04 53rd
2004-05 29th
2005-06 19th
2006-07 74th
2007-08 61st
2008-09 53rd
2009-10 68th
2010-11 63rd
2011-12 26th
2012-13 39th
2013-14 65th
2014-15 98th
2015-16 33rd
2016-17 43rd
2017-18 21st
2018-19 30th
2019-20 No standings due to Covid-19
2020-21 No standings due to Covid-19
2021-22 29th
2022-23 21st
Emory was the overall LEARFIELD Directors' Cup champion with 1198.75 total points with last year's champion Johns Hopkins finishing second (1147.0 points) and Tufts placing third (1069.00).
The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Directors' Cup points accumulated can vary by sport based on the size of a team bracket or the number of teams that score points at a particular NCAA Championship.
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 322 of those institutions scored points in the 2023-24 Directors' Cup standings.
Rowan All-Time in the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup
1995-96 5th place
1996-97 9th
1998-99 5th
(standings from 2000-02 N/A)
2003-04 53rd
2004-05 29th
2005-06 19th
2006-07 74th
2007-08 61st
2008-09 53rd
2009-10 68th
2010-11 63rd
2011-12 26th
2012-13 39th
2013-14 65th
2014-15 98th
2015-16 33rd
2016-17 43rd
2017-18 21st
2018-19 30th
2019-20 No standings due to Covid-19
2020-21 No standings due to Covid-19
2021-22 29th
2022-23 21st
2023-24 21st