High Point Wins 2022-23 Sasser Cup Trophy
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) –
High Point University has been awarded the Big South Conference’s
George F. “Buddy” Sasser Cup Trophy for the 2022-23 athletic season, marking the school’s second consecutive year achieving the top overall athletic season in the Big South. The Cup was presented to High Point Thursday evening at the league’s annual Spring Meetings Awards Banquet, which was held at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
In 2022-23, High Point averaged 8.55 Sasser Cup points in 15 championship sports and accumulated a total of 128.25 points based on its finish in conference regular-season and championship competition. The Panthers won eight combined Big South championships in 2022-23 -- one shared regular-season titles and seven tournament crowns. High Point was the co-regular season champion in volleyball and claimed the conference tournament championship in women’s cross country, men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field.
Campbell finished second to High Point this season with a 8.14 average in 18 sports and totaled 146.5 points.
Charleston Southern was third in the standings (7.23 average), and was followed by
USC Upstate (5.90) and
Radford (5.84) to round out the top five. It is Upstate’s second-straight fourth-place standing, while Radford has appeared in the top five in five out of the last six full seasons.
The Panthers claimed the Women’s All-Sports Trophy for the fifth-straight year with their average of 9.44 (75.5 points earned in eight sports), ahead of Campbell’s 8.23 average (82.25 points earned in 10 sports). High Point finished as either the Big South champion or runner-up six times in women’s competition to capture the Women’s All-Sports Trophy. Charleston Southern was third in the Women’s All-Sports race with its 7.03 average (63.25 points earned in nine sports) -- the Buccaneers’ first top three standing.
Campbell earned the Men’s All-Sports Trophy for the fifth consecutive time. The Camels’ won the Men’s All-Sports title with an average of 8.03 points, as Campbell won Big South championships in men’s soccer (regular-season), men’s tennis (regular-season) and and baseball (regular-season and tournament). Charleston Southern was second with an average of 7.541 points (45.25 in six sports), followed by High Point at 7.536 (52.75 in seven sports).
The Sasser Cup Trophy is named for former Big South Commissioner
Buddy Sasser (1989-96) and is awarded to the Big South member institution with the most successful year athletically, based on an average points system. Points are awarded for both regular-season and tournament finishes in each of the League’s 19 championships, and the average of the combined total is used to determine the overall point allocation in the respective sport. One bonus point is added to the average total for each Conference Champion/AQ representative, as well as any teams that receive at-large NCAA Championships berths. Teams tied in regular-season or tournament play split the points earned. Each member’s overall point totals are then divided by the number of sports sponsored by that school to determine the average.
The complete listing of the 2022-23 Sasser Cup and All-Sports standings appear below, as well as the annual Sasser Cup champions.
2022-23 Sasser Cup Standings
1. High Point - 8.55
2. Campbell - 8.14
3. Charleston Southern - 7.23
4. USC Upstate - 5.90
5. Radford - 5.84
6. Gardner-Webb - 5.82
7. UNC Asheville - 5.60
8. Longwood - 5.08
9. Presbyterian College - 4.25
10. Winthrop - 4.03
2022-23 Women’s All-Sports Award
1. High Point - 9.44
2. Campbell - 8.23
3. Charleston Southern - 7.03
4. Gardner-Webb - 6.23
5. Radford - 5.73
6. USC Upstate - 5.50
7. Longwood - 5.21
8. UNC Asheville - 4.75
9. Presbyterian College - 4.19
10. Winthrop - 3.06
2022-23 Men’s All-Sports Award
1. Campbell - 8.03
2. Charleston Southern - 7.541
3. High Point - 7.536
4. UNC Asheville - 6.57
5. USC Upstate - 6.36
6. Radford - 6.04
7. Gardner-Webb - 5.31
8. Winthrop - 5.29
9. Longwood - 4.92
10. Presbyterian College - 4.33
Annual Sasser Cup Champions
2022-23 - High Point
2021-22 - High Point
2020-21 - Campbell
2019-20 -
none - incomplete season due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018-19 - Campbell
2017-18 - Liberty
2016-17 - Liberty
2015-16 - Liberty
2014-15 - Coastal Carolina
2013-14 - Coastal Carolina
2012-13 - Liberty
2011-12 - Liberty
2010-11 - Liberty
2009-10 - Liberty
2008-09 - Liberty
2007-08 - Liberty
2006-07 - Coastal Carolina
2005-06 - Coastal Carolina
2004-05 - Coastal Carolina
2003-04 - Coastal Carolina
2002-03 - Liberty
2001-02 - Liberty
2000-01 - Coastal Carolina
1999-00 - Liberty
1998-99 - Liberty
1997-98 - Liberty
1996-97 - UNC Greensboro
1995-96 - UNC Greensboro
1994-95 - UNC Greensboro
1993-94 - Campbell
1992-93 - Campbell
1991-92 - Campbell
1990-91 - Coastal Carolina
1989-90 - Coastal Carolina
1988-89 - Coastal Carolina
1987-88 - Coastal Carolina
1986-87 - Winthrop
1985-86 - Winthrop