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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carol Hudson, Old
Dominion
(757) 683-3359
June 16, 2006
Old Dominion Wins VaSID All-Sports Title
NORFOLK, VA— Old Dominion University
won 67 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in
2005-06 to win the 28th annual Virginia Sports
Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport
championship. This is the 11th time Old Dominion
has won the overall title, and the first time since 1999.
2005-06 VaSID University Division All-Sports Survey
The University of Virginia, the champion the past two years
was second overall at .658 and Virginia Commonwealth was third
at .639. ODU won 72 percent of its men’s contests and 61
percent of it’s women’s. VCU led all Virginia Division I
schools in women’s winning percentage at .648.
ODU was paced by its men’s basketball team advancing to the
NIT semi-finals and, field hockey advancing to the NCAA
semi-finals. Men’s soccer reached the NCAA second round while
women’s basketball and field hockey captured CAA
championships, and wrestling won the Virginia Intercollegiate
crown.
Virginia led the state in national top 20 team finishes. The
men’s lacrosse team completed a perfect season with the NCAA
national championship win over Massachusetts. Men’s soccer
reached the NCAA third round, while the Cavaliers reached the
NCAA quarterfinals in women’s soccer and men’s tennis.
Football won the Music City Bowl and women’s basketball
reached the WNIT quarterfinals.
Joining Virginia on the National championship front was
William and Mary, which captured the USAG men’s gymnastics
crown. Individual national championships were won by Yvette
Lewis (Hampton) in the NCAA Indoor triple jump, and Spyridon
Jullien (Virginia Tech) in the NCAA Hammer Throw. George
Mason’s men’s basketball squad compiled a 27-8 record and
reached the NCAA Final Four.
The University of Richmond led the state with five conference
titles. The Spiders were co-Atlantic 10 football champions,
earning the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA 1-AA
playoffs. UR also won league titles in field hockey, women’s
swimming and diving, men’s tennis and women’s tennis.
Hampton, Liberty, VCU, and W&M won four league titles.
Overall, Virginia Division I schools compiled a 2178-1990-65
record for a winning percentage of .522. Men’s teams were
1057-966-38 for a .522 percentage while the women’s teams were
also at .522 with a 1121-1024-27 mark.
The survey began in 1978-79 and includes winning percentages
of only those sports with NCAA sponsored championships. Old
Dominion won seven of the first eight titles, then again in
1993-94, 1995-96 and 1998-99. Virginia won five straight years
from 1988-89 to 1992-93, then again in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
George Mason won in 1986-87, and James Madison in 1981-82,
1987-88 and 1994-95. Hampton Univeristy won in 2000 and 2001,
while Richmond took first in 2002 and VCU followed in 2003.
Virginia won the last two championships in 2003-04 and
2004-05.
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