Release: May 13, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Darin David
Sports Information Director
(214) 547-1684, rracsid@tx.rr.com
Northwood Claims RRAC All-Sports Award for 2007-08
Texas Wesleyan Finishes as Runner-Up in Final Point Totals
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2007-08 RRAC All-Sports Final Standings
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Finish
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School
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1
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Northwood (Texas)
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2
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Texas Wesleyan
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3
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UT-Brownsville
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4
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Langston (Okla.)
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5
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Huston-Tillotson (Texas)
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6
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C. of Southwest (N.M.)
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WACO, Texas – Closing the academic year with conference championships in baseball and softball, Northwood University (Texas) clinched the 2007-08 Red River Athletic Conference All-Sports Award. Northwood’s 13-12 victory over Texas Wesleyan University in the baseball championship provided the margin between the two schools in the final All-Sports point totals.
The RRAC All-Sports Award is given annually to the RRAC member institution that performs best across the conference’s sponsored sports in an academic year. Points were awarded to the top five teams in each sport and point totals for each school are determined as an average across the number of sports in which each institution participates.
Northwood returned to the top of the final standings for the first time since it won the award outright in 2001-02. The Knights also earned a share of the award in 2000-01. In addition to its spring championships this year, Northwood won titles in women’s cross country and women’s soccer. It had runner-up finishes in men’s golf and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field.
TWU finished as the All-Sports runner-up for the third consecutive year with championships in men’s basketball and men’s golf. Like Northwood, the Rams scored points in all eight sports in which they compete with additional runner-up results in men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball.
In only its second year as a conference member, the University of Texas at Brownsville reached third with titles in men’s soccer and volleyball. Langston, the champs of men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, landed in fourth place ahead of Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) and College of the Southwest (N.M.).
Any RRAC-sanctioned sport with four or more teams and an official conference championship qualifies for the All-Sports totals. Sports with official conference champions include women’s cross country, men's and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men’s golf, baseball and softball.
The Red River Athletic Conference is in its 10th year as an affiliated conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Conference members include Bacone College (Okla.), Huston-Tillotson University (Texas), Jarvis Christian College (Texas), Langston University (Okla.), Northwood University (Texas), Paul Quinn College (Texas), College of the Southwest (N.M.), Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas), Texas College, Texas Wesleyan University, University of Texas-Brownsville, and Wiley College (Texas).