CLEVELAND – The National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) have released the final 2021-22 Daktronics Cup standings.
The 2021-2022 Daktronics Cup Champions for overall program excellence in two-year college athletics are the Mounties of Mt. San Antonio (Walnut, CA.) in the State Associations Division, the Reivers of Iowa Western Community College (Council Bluffs, IA) in the NJCAA Scholarship Division and the Roadrunners of Rowan College SJ-Gloucester County (Sewell, NJ) in the NJCAA Non-Scholarship Division.
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Below are the complete top-10 standings for each division.
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Rank
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NJCAA Scholarship Division Top-10
(Top-30 Standings)
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Total Points
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Rank
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NJCAA Non-Scholarship Division Top-10
(Top-30 Standings)
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Total Points
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1.
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Iowa Western Community College
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189.00
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1.
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RCSJ-Gloucester County
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135.50
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2.
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Iowa Central Community College
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175.00
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2.
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College of Du Page
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131.00
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3.
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Barton Community College
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162.00
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3.
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Genesee Community College
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111.00
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4.
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Cowley College
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151.00
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4.
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Rock Valley College
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107.00
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5.
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Tyler Junior College
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139.00
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5.
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Nassau County Community College
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100.50
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6.
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Heartland Community College
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109.50
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6.
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Suffolk County Community College
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97.50
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7.
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New Mexico Junior College
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108.50
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7.
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Harper College
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73.50
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8.
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Cloud County Community College
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103.00
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8.
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Herkimer County Community College
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72.50
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9.
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South Plains College
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96.00
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9.
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Camden County College
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70.50
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10.
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Mesa Community College
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95.50
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10.
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Niagara County Community College
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66.50
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Rank
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State Associations Division Top-10
(Top-30 Standings)
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Total Points
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1.
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Mt. San Antonio College
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180.00
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2.
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Riverside City College
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153.00
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3.
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Sierra College
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146.00
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4.
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Orange Coast College
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139.00
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5.
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Lane College
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134.50
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6.
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American River College
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129.00
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7.
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Community Colleges of Spokane
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128.50
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8.
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Saddleback College
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124.00
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9.
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Fresno City College
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122.50
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10.
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San Joaquin Delta College
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108.50
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STATE ASSOCIATIONS DIVISION
The Mounties of Mt. San Antonio College used championship performances in men's soccer, wrestling, track & field and women's cross country and track and field, as well as top three finishes in men's cross country, women's soccer, and softball to help propel them to 180 points and the Daktronics Cup Championship.
Riverside City College (Riverside, CA) finished in second place in the State Associations Division with 153 points. Sierra College (Rocklin, CA) was third with 146 points and Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA) earned 139 points for fourth place and Lane College (Eugene, OR) rounded out the top five with 134.5 points.
SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION
Iowa Western Community College won the NJCAA Scholarship Division with a total of 189 points. The Reivers used National Championship performances in men's soccer, women's volleyball, indoor and outdoor track & field and second place finishes in men's cross country, football and outdoor track & field as well as third place finishes in women's golf and men's indoor track & field to help earn them their first place Daktronics Cup finish.
Iowa Central Community College (Fort Dodge, IA) scored 175 points to finish second in the NJCAA Scholarship Division with Barton Community College (Great Bend, KS) in third place with 162 points, Cowley College (Arkansas City, KS) finished in 4th place with 151 points and Tyler Junior College (Tyler, TX) rounded out the top five with 139 points.
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NON-SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester County won the NJCAA Non-Scholarship Division scoring 135.5 points. The Roadrunners used second place national finishes in men's tennis and women's outdoor track & field as well as top eight finishes in wrestling, baseball, men's outdoor track & field, women's volleyball, soccer, and tennis to help them earn their championship cup award.
The College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL) finished in second place in the NJCAA Non-Scholarship Division with 131 points, Genesee Community College (Batavia, NY) finished in third place with 111 points, Rock Valley College (Rockford, IL) was fourth with 107 points and Nassau Community College (Garden City, NY) finished fifth with 100.5 points.Â
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 Colleges in each division are allowed to use their top five finishes per gender at their highest level of competition to earn points for the Daktronics Cup. The champions of each competition score 20 points, second place scores 19, third place 18, etc. This is the fourth year that Daktronics has sponsored this award in conjunction with the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA).Â
About NATYCAA: Now in its 34th year, NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college athletics administrators and membership open to all two-year institutions from throughout the country. NATYCAA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 57th year. For more information on NACDA and the 17 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.