WIAC All-Sports Standings
Madison, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics Department has swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) All-Sports Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, the league office announced Monday. The Eagles won the combined award as well as men's and women's titles.
It marks the fifth time in school history UW-La Crosse has swept all three honors, including the second straight and third time in the last four seasons. The Eagles became the first school in WIAC history to accomplish the feat after winning all three titles in 2017-18. UW-La Crosse also won all three crowns in 2018-19, capturing the combined trophy as well as the men's award while sharing the women's award with UW-Eau Claire. The Eagles secured all three awards in 2021-22 and 2023-24. UW-La Crosse is the only school in league history to sweep the three categories.
The combined award for UW-La Crosse is the sixth consecutive, eighth in the last 12 seasons and 12th overall. The Eagles totaled 93.0 points to win this year's combined award and were followed by: UW-Whitewater (82.0), UW-Eau Claire (77.5), UW-Oshkosh (69.00, UW-Platteville (63.5), UW-Stevens Point (54.5), UW-Stout (54.0) and UW-River Falls (40.5).
The men's trophy is the 25th overall, sixth straight and ninth in the last 11 seasons for the Eagles. UW-La Crosse posted first-place finishes in cross country, wrestling, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. The Eagles accumulated 47.0 points in the men's standings and were trailed by: UW-Eau Claire (38.0), UW-Whitewater (37.5), UW-Platteville (36.0), UW-Stevens Point (26.0), UW-Oshkosh (24.0) and UW-River Falls/UW-Stout (19.0).
UW-La Crosse captured the women's award with 46.0 points after winning league titles in cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. The Eagles have now won 10 women's WIAC All-Sports Awards in school history, including six of the last seven. UW-Whitewater was second this year (44.5) followed by UW-Oshkosh (42.0), UW-Eau Claire (38.5), UW-Stout (34.0), UW-Platteville/UW-Stevens Point (27.5) and UW-River Falls (19.5).
The Eagles finished first, second or third in 19 of their 21 sports in the WIAC. Along with winning the nine league titles, UW-La Crosse placed second in women's tennis, football, men's swimming & diving, men's basketball, gymnastics and baseball and third in golf, men's tennis, lacrosse and softball.
The three All-Sports Awards are given annually by the conference. Points for the awards are given according to the final conference standings in each sport on an 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, or 7-6-5, etc., depending on how many schools compete in each sport. Either (but not both) indoor or outdoor track & field are included in the calculations, and the awards are determined on the basis of the lowest number of sports offered by any WIAC institution in each category (combined - 14, women - 7, men - 7).
