Baruch Athletics Wins Third Straight CUNYAC Commissioner Cup!
May 20, 2024
Baruch College President S. David Wu (center) joins Director of Athletics Heather MacCulloch (right of President Wu), student-athletes, and coaches as they celebrate being named the most successful athletic program in the senior CUNY Athletic Conference division. Photo credit: Tony Correa
The Baruch College Athletic Department has won their third straight CUNYAC Commissioner Cup Trophy!
The award was presented to the Athletic Department at the 38th Annual Michael Steuerman Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 16, at the Terrace on the Park in Queens.
The annual Commissioner Cup recognizes the most successful athletic program in the senior CUNY Athletic Conference division as determined by a scoring system that rewards a school for success during the regular season and championship competition.
For the 2023-24 athletic year, the Bearcats won CUNYAC Championships in the men’s sports of volleyball, swimming, basketball, soccer and tennis. They also won in women’s tennis and finished runner-up in women’s swimming.
They won the regular season (1st place) championship in men’s swimming, men’s basketball, men’s volleyball, as well as men’s and women’s tennis.
Commissioner Cup Title Years (10 Total): 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024
Four-Year College Point System
Points are awarded for first (10), second (5) and third (3) place finishes in all regular season finishes. In Conference tournaments, first (10) and second (5) place is awarded in all head-to-head championship finals, while third place points (3) are awarded in every other sport, where there are more than five participating schools. Also, due to the difference in sizes of athletic programs in CUNYAC, a school can only use their top ten sports in any academic year.
Bearcats’ 136 Total Points (Breakdown):
SPORT: REGULAR SEASON; CHAMPIONSHIP (Top 10 Teams Only)
Men’s Swimming: 10pts 1st Place; 10pts Champion (20)
Men’s Basketball: 10pts 1st Place; 10pts Champion (20)
Men’s Tennis: 10pts 1st Place; 10pts Champion (20)
Men’s Volleyball: 10pts 1st Place; 10pts Champion (20)
Women’s Tennis: 10pts 1st Place; 10pts Champion (20)
Men’s Soccer: 3pts Third Place; 10pts Champion (13)
Women’s Swimming: 5pts 2nd Place; 5pts Runner Up (10)
Baseball: 5pts Second Place Regular Season (5)
Women’s Volleyball: 5pts Second Place Regular Season (5)
*Women’s Cross Country: 3rd Place 3pts Finals (3)
2023-24 Commissioner’s Cup Standings (FINAL)
Baruch – 136 points
Hunter – 121 points
John Jay – 80 points
CCNY – 48 points
Brooklyn – 43 points
Medgar Evers – 35 points
Lehman – 32 points
York – 0 points
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