WICHITA, Kan. -- After sitting in fourth at the end of the fall season, the Friends University Falcons have climbed to the top spot in the latest KCAC Commissioner's Cup standings, the conference office released today (Mar. 24). 

The Falcons currently have 117 total points for the season, outdistancing Kansas Wesleyan University and the University of Saint Mary, who are tied for second place with 111.5 points. 

Friends was bolstered by a strong winter campaign that featured KCAC championships in Men's Indoor Track & Field and Men's Wrestling along with strong runner-up finishes in Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball (tied for second). The Competitive Cheer and Dance Falcons also each finished third to add to the 66.5 points the Falcons accumulated during the winter season. 

The Falcons are looking to claim the Commissioner's Cup for the first time since the 2021-22 season. 

Click HERE for the official release from the KCAC. 

About the Commissioner's Cup

In an effort to further recognize the achievements of its student-athletes and member institutions, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference developed an award for the institution that performs the greatest over the fall, winter, and spring athletic seasons. The KCAC Commissioner's Cup will be awarded annually as a symbol of excellence in athletics representing 21 championships. Member institutions can earn points for their finish of each varsity team in those 21 officially recognized conference sports.

Points are assigned based on regular-season finish for men's and women's soccer, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis. In football, points are assigned based on overall conference record in the regular season. In competitive cheer, competitive dance, cross country, indoor track & field, men's wrestling, men's and women's golf, and outdoor track & field, the conference championship meet results will determine point values. To be a conference sport there must be six member institutions competing in that sport at the varsity level.

Teams who finish in first place will be awarded a maximum number of points equivalent to the total number of teams competing in that respective sport. Point tallies will continue in reverse order until the last place team has been awarded its corresponding point value (i.e. if a sport only has seven teams, point values will be given from the maximum 7 to 1).  When two or more teams tie for final placing in the conference standings, each team will be awarded the average of the respective placing. For example, if three teams tied for second place in a sport with 11 teams, those three teams will be given the score of nine points because those three teams are occupying the second (10 points), third (9 points) and fourth (8 points) positions in the standings. The sum of those three positions (27 points) divided by the three teams yields an average score of nine points for each of the teams.