Orlando, Fla. --- Minnesota State had ten teams score points in NCAA postseason competition and completed the 2013-14 season ranking 15th in the final Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings.

MSU totalled 517.50  points in the 2013-14 Director's Cup standings in finishing 15th, which puts the Mavericks in the top four percent of the 290 schools that compete in NCAA Division II.

This year marks the 13th straight year that the Mavericks have finished in the top 25 in the country in the national standings. Including six consecutive top-five finishes from 2006-2010, MSU has finished in the top 25 14 times in the 20 years since the Directors' Cup program was inaugurated - 2nd in 2008-09, 3rd in 2007-08, 4th in 2006-07, 2009-10 and 2012-13, 8th in 2005-06, 10th in 2004-05, 13th in 2010-11, 15th in 2013-14, 16th in 1995-96, 20th in 2003-04, 21st in 2011-12, 22nd in 2002-03 and 23rd in 2001-02.  

MSU ranked second amongst Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference performers in the standings this year.  Besides Minnesota State's 15th-place ranking, other NSIC schools and their finishes included Augustana (seventh), Minnesota Duluth (45th), St. Cloud State (51st), Sioux Falls (80th), Concordia St. Paul (90th), Winona State (110th), Wayne State (124th), Southwest Minnesota State (125th), MSU-Moorhead (163rd), Mary (168), Upper Iowa (206th), Northern State (210th) and Minot State (225th).

Posting top-25 team finishes for MSU in 2013-14 NCAA postseason events were Baseball (3rd), Men's Indoor Track & Field (4th), Men's Outdoor Track & Field (8th), Men's Hockey (9th), Football (9th), Women's Soccer (17th) and Men's Basketball (17th).

Other Maverick teams and their finish included Women's Golf (29th), Softball (33rd) and Women's Swimming (34th).

The 15th-place ranking completes a season for MSU Athletics which also included the Northern Sun All-Sports Trophy as the top program in the NSIC, featured 21 All-Americans in seven different sports and a national individual championship in the outdoor shot put from Chris Reed.

The complete Minnesota State release (including 2013-14 top 50 schools, plus MSU's year-by-year Directors' Cup history) is located HERE.


Learfield Sports Directors' Cup General Information (go HERE for NACDA Directors' Cup site)

A program that honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup honors those programs achieving success in many sports, both men's and women's.  Began in 1993-94 for Division I by NACDA and USA Today, it was expanded in 1995-96 to include Division II, III and the NAIA.  Each institution is awarded points in a predetermined number of sports for men and women. The overall champion is the institution that records the highest number of points in their division's Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings.