CLEVELAND – For the eighth consecutive year, The University of Denver is taking home the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) All-Sports Trophy.

For the 12^th time in 13 years, the University of Denver Pioneers finished as the top-ranked Division I-AAA institution in the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings.

New this year, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, and men's swimming have been added as additional sports to the program and will continue to receive recognition moving forward. The Association will also recognize the 2^nd and 3^rd place All-Sports Trophy finishers this year based on the Directors' Cup Standings. Joining the University of Denver to round out the top three are Pepperdine University and High Point University, respectively.

"Congratulations to the University of Denver for taking home the 2020-21 DI-AAA ADA All-Sports Trophy," said Kim Record, DI-AAA ADA president and current director of athletics at UNCG. "We chose to add additional sports to our mix this year to award second and third place finishers. In a year that we weren't sure we would compete due to Covid-19, it's terrific to celebrate three winners. Congratulations to the Pioneers, Waves and Panthers."

Over the course of 2020-21, the All-Sports Trophy top three finishers placed as follows in the Division I Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup: Denver placed 51^st with 408.25 points, Pepperdine took home 374.50 points to claim 58^th place and High Point landed in 77^th place with 237 points.

The following institutions finished atop the 2020-21 DI-AAA ADA All-Sports Standings in their respective sport:

Cross Country - Men's	Iona College
Cross Country - Women's	University of Portland
Soccer – Men's	Seton Hall University
Soccer – Women's	Santa Clara University
Volleyball – Women's	High Point University Pepperdine University Wright State University
Basketball – Men's	Gonzaga University
Basketball - Women's	Belmont University Wright State University
Swimming – Men's	There were no I-AAA schools that scored in men's swimming this year.
Swimming – Women's	Florida Gulf Coast University
Track – Men's Indoor	University of Texas at Arlington
Track – Women's Indoor	High Point University
Baseball	Fairfield University University of California Irvine University of California Santa Barbara
Golf – Men's	Pepperdine University
Golf – Women's	Pepperdine University
Lacrosse – Men's	Loyola University Maryland
Lacrosse – Women's	University of Denver Loyola University Maryland
Softball	Wichita State University
Tennis – Men's	Pepperdine University
Tennis – Women's	Pepperdine University
Track – Men's Outdoor	Hofstra University Lipscomb University Long Beach State University Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Track – Women's Outdoor	High Point University

About the Division I-AAA ADA: Now in its 20th year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs. For more information on the Division I-AAA ADA, please visit www.div1aaa-ada.com. The Division I-AAA ADA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 56^th year. For more information on NACDA and the 17 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.