NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Union University athletic department has been awarded the TranSouth Athletic Conference All-Sports Trophy for the 2008-2009 season. This marks the sixth straight season that Union has claimed the trophy and seventh time in the past eight seasons.

Union claimed four conference titles in the 2008-2009 seasons including women's cross country, men's cross country, women's basketball, and men's basketball. The Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs compete in 10 sports with no team finishing lower that fifth place. In addition to the four titles, Union posted one second place finish, three third place finishes, one fourth place finish, and one fifth place finish.

School                         Points

Union University (Tenn.) - 6.050

Freed-Hardeman - 5.786

Martin Methodist - 5.056

Trevecca Nazarene - 4.722

Bethel University (Tenn.) - 4.409

Cumberland University (Tenn.) - 4.000

Lyon College (Ark.) - 3.727

Blue Mountain - 3.250

Mid-Continent - 2.417

 
The TranSouth All-Sports Trophy is awarded to the program that produces the most success during the school year in all sports. Points are awarded for how each team finishes in the regular season standings in each sport. Then, the point total for each school is divided by the number of sports the school participated to reach the average. The TranSouth sponsors 13 sports and 11 qualified for the trophy standings with at least four teams participating in each sport. Team(s) gains one bonus point for participating in all 13 conference sponsored sports. If a sport didn't produce regular season standings, then the tournament results were counted. Men's and women's tennis only had three teams competing this season.

Sports must have at least four school sponsored teams to count toward the total. Sports not having at least four teams participating will not count as a conference sport and therefore, not count in the totals. Schools must sponsor a minimum of six (6) sports to be eligible for the All Sports Trophy. In case of a tie, the points will be added and divided between affected teams. Example: Two teams tie for 2nd in a seven team sport. Add 6 and 5 together equaling 11. Divide 11 by 2, so both teams get 5.5 points.

History of TranSouth All-Sports Trophy

2008-09:  Union University - Press Release 

2007-08:  Union University - Press Release 

2006-07:  Union University - Press Release 

2005-06:  Union University - Press Release 

2004-05:  Union University - Press Release 

2003-04:  Union University

2002-03:  Lee University

2001-02:  Union University

2000-01:  Lee University *

* first year trophy awarded