2020-21 GPAC All-Sports Standings
SEWARD, Neb. – As revealed by the conference on Wednesday (May 12), Concordia University Athletics has finished second in the 2020-21 Great Plains Athletic Conference All-Sports Standings. The league awards a traveling trophy to the athletic department that places first each academic year. The all-sports standings are determined by a point system based on the final regular season place finishes (or the GPAC meets for track and field) in each of the sports that feature a conference championship sponsored by the GPAC.
Under the leadership of Director of Athletics Devin Smith, Athletics Director of the Year Award winner (as chosen by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics), Concordia has placed in the top two of the GPAC in five of the past six completed athletic seasons (all-sports champion in 2014-15). The Bulldogs led the 2019-20 conference all-sports standings last March when the remainder of the athletic year was canceled due to COVID-19.
Concordia topped all other GPAC schools in standings points in female athletics in 2020-21. Below is a summary of Bulldog teams that placed either first or second in GPAC regular season and/or postseason play over the past year. However, postseason play is not factored into the GPAC’s point system.
2020-21 GPAC Champions
· Baseball – regular season and postseason
· Women’s Soccer – postseason
· Women’s Tennis – regular season
· Women’s Indoor Track & Field
· Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Note: Though not a GPAC sport, Shooting Sports won the Prairie Circuit Conference championship back in the fall.
2020-21 GPAC Runners Up
· Women’s Basketball – regular season and postseason
· Women’s Soccer – regular season
· Softball – postseason
· Men’s Tennis – regular season and postseason
Though NAIA national competition is not factored into the GPAC all-sports standings, many Bulldog teams have have made waves on the national stage. By the end of this month, Concordia squads that will have qualified for nationals (or sent individual athletes to nationals) include baseball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball, indoor/outdoor men’s track & field, indoor/outdoor women’s track & field, volleyball and wrestling. At the NAIA indoor national meet, women’s track & field placed third while the men finished 12th. In tournament runs in Sioux City, Iowa, both the women’s basketball and volleyball teams reached the NAIA national quarterfinals. National championship events are upcoming for baseball, softball and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field.
Concordia all-time GPAC All-Sports Trophy finishes
2020-21 – 2nd
2019-20 – No standings (Concordia was in first place after winter sports were completed)
2018-19 – 2nd
2017-18 – 6th
2016-17 – 2nd
2015-16 – 2nd
2014-15 – 1st
2013-14 – 4th
2012-13 – 6th
2011-12 – 4th
2010-11 – 7th
2009-10 – 6th
2008-09 – 6th
2007-08 – 5th
2006-07 – 5th
2005-06 – 5th
2004-05 – 1st
2003-04 – 3rd
2002-03 – 1st
2001-02 – 2nd
2000-01 – 3rd
