WIAC All-Sports Release
Madison, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics Department has swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) All-Sports Awards for the 2025-26 academic year, the league office announced Wednesday. The Eagles won the combined award as well as men's and women's titles.
It marks the sixth time in school history UW-La Crosse has swept all three honors, including the third straight and fourth time in the last five 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, 2023-24 and 2024-25. UW-La Crosse is the only school in league history to sweep the three categories.
The combined award for UW-La Crosse is the seventh consecutive, ninth in the last 13 seasons and 13th 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 (71.0), UW-Oshkosh (70.5), UW-Stevens Point (61.0), UW-Platteville (60.0), UW-River Falls (51.0) and UW-Stout (42.0).
The men's trophy is the 26th overall, seventh straight and 10th in the last 12 seasons for the Eagles. UW-La Crosse posted first-place finishes in cross country, swimming & diving, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. The Eagles accumulated 45.0 points in the men's standings and were trailed by UW-Whitewater (41.5), UW-Eau Claire (33.5), UW-Platteville (30.5), UW-Stevens Point (27.0), UW-Oshkosh (24.5), UW-River Falls (21.5) and UW-Stout (17.5).
UW-La Crosse captured the women's award with 48.0 points after winning league titles in cross country, soccer, tennis, swimming & diving, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. The Eagles have now won 11 women's WIAC All-Sports Awards in school history, including seven of the last eight. UW-Oshkosh was second this year (42.0) followed by UW-Whitewater (40.0), UW-Eau Claire (37.5), UW-Stevens Point (33.5), UW-Platteville (29.5), UW-River Falls (28.5) and UW-Stout (24.5)..
The Eagles finished first, second or third in 18 of their 21 sports in the WIAC. Along with winning the 10 league titles, UW-La Crosse placed second in football, wrestling, men's and women's basketball, baseball and men's tennis and third in gymnastics and lacrosse.
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).
