Stevens Ranked # 20 in NACDA Directors’ Cup Standings after Winter Season

HOBOKEN, N.J. ― The Stevens Institute of Technology Department of Athletics is ranked 20th in the latest National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings after the completion of the winter sports seasons. Stevens is the highest ranked school in the Empire 8 and holds the top spot when compared to other technological institutions. The No. 20 ranking is the highest in the history of Stevens Athletics after the fall and winter seasons. Duck teams have currently accumulated 368.00 points following the completion of cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, women’s volleyball, basketball, fencing, indoor track and field, swimming and diving, and wrestling.

Stevens earned 193.00 points after the fall season and 175.00 after the winter. Women’s basketball earned 50 points after reaching the second round of the NCAA’s. Women’s swimming finished 11th nationally and earned 66.00 points and men’s swimming earned 33.00. Wrestling placed 45th nationally and earned 26 points to round out the winter scoring. In the fall, men’s soccer earned 90.00 points while field hockey earned 53.00 and women’s volleyball earned 50.00.

Ithaca College is the closest conference school. The Bombers have 343.50 points and are in 26th place. The only institution in the state of New Jersey ahead of Stevens is The College of New Jersey as the Lions are 13th overall with a total 413.50.

The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort with the NACDA and honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program and achieving success in many sports (both men’s and women’s). Directors’ Cups are awarded annually in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA with points being awarded based upon an institution’s participation in post-season play.

The final overall rankings will be available on June 19, 2009 .

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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