Grand View Captures Second-Straight Heart Commissioner’s Cup
For the second-straight season, Grand View University has captured the Commissioner’s Cup for the 2021-22 academic year.
For the second-straight season, Grand View University has captured the Commissioner's Cup for the 2021-22 academic year.
The Vikings also finished third in the 2021-22 NAIA Learfield Directors' Cup standings, the highest finish in program history.
Grand View won nine Heart championships this year, including men's cross country, football (North Division), men's volleyball, men's indoor track & field, men's wrestling, women's wrestling, men's bowling, men's outdoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field.
The Vikings also finished at the top of the Heart North Standings in the regular season in women's volleyball and softball.
Grand View won their 10th NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship and second-straight NAIA Men's Volleyball National Championship this past season and their football program advanced to the NAIA-FCS Football National Championship game, finishing as the National Runner-Up.
Central Methodist finished in second-place for the second-straight season. The Eagles won the Commissioners Cup in 2019-20.
The Eagles earned Heart titles in six sports, men's soccer, women's soccer, football (South Division), women's indoor track & field, softball and men's golf.
MidAmerica Nazarene finished in the Top three for the second-straight season as well.
About the Commissioner's Cup:
The award, which will be presented by commissioner Lori Thomas to one member institution annually, will serve as a symbol of athletic excellence in conference-sponsored championships.
Thomas will award the Vikings with the Commissioner's Cup trophy at the 2022 Heart Summit on Monday, August 1, 2022 in Olathe, Kansas.
The 14 Heart schools earn points throughout the season contributing to the Commissioner's Cup for their finish in the 23 Heart sponsored sports of: men's cross country, women's cross country, women's volleyball, football, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's indoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, men's volleyball, men's wrestling, women's wrestling, cheer, dance, men's bowling, women's bowling, baseball, softball, men's golf, women's golf, men's outdoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field.
Each conference regular season champion for the following sports earned a maximum amount of points based on the amount of teams participating in that sport. Then that number is divided by the amount of teams participating in that sport:
Women's volleyball, football, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's volleyball, baseball and softball.
For example: Women's Soccer Regular Season Champion, Central Methodist earned 13 points out of 13 teams competing.
13/13 = 1.00 – Percentage (First Place)
12/13 = .92 – Percentage (Second Place)
The same formula was put in place for the following sports and finishes by the Heart teams in the Heart Conference Championships:
Men's cross country, women's cross country, men's indoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, men's wrestling, women's wrestling, cheer, dance, men's bowling, women's bowling, men's golf, women's golf, men's outdoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field.
For example: Cheer Heart Conference Champion, Missouri Valley earned 8 points out of 8 teams competing.
8/8 = 1.00 – Percentage (First Place)
7/8 = .87 – Percentage (Second Place)
To compile the final list of the 2021-22 Heart Commissioner's Cup Standings, each team's percentage in each sport they compete in was added up and divided by the amount of total sports they compete in. Final results are an average cumulative Heart finish for each institution in every conference sport that they sponsor.
Previous Winners:
2020-21 – Grand View University
2019-20 – Central Methodist University
2018-19 – Benedictine College