Virginia Repeats as VaSID All-Sports Champion

NORFOLK, Va. -- The University of Virginia won .648 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in 2008-09 to win the 31st annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship.  This is the Cavaliers 11^th overall title, second straight and fourth in the last six years.

2009 VaSID University All-Sports Survey

Old Dominion was second overall at .614 followed by Liberty at .595.  Virginia won 68 percent of its men’s contests followed by Liberty at .628 and Virginia Tech at .627.  On the women’s side ODU won .618 percent of it’s contests, followed by Virginia at .616 and James Madison at .612.

Virginia was paced by the baseball squad who advanced to their first ever College World Series. Men’s lacrosse advanced to the NCAA semi-finals, while the Cavaliers men’s tennis reached the NCAA quarterfinals and won their second straight ITA National Team Indoor Championship. Women’s rowing placed fourth at the NCAA Nationals and men’s swimming placed ninth.

Individually, Virginia’s men’s tennis doubles team of Dominic Inglot and Michael Shabaz won the NCAA Doubles Championship.  Hampton University’s Francena McCorory won the NCAA indoor track and field championship in the 400 meters. Virginia Tech freshman Marcel Lomnicky won the NCAA hammer throw title.

The University of Richmond captured the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision National title. William and Mary won the USAG National Championship in men’s gymnastics, while Old Dominion’s men’s basketball squad won the inaugural CIT Championship and Virginia Tech won its Orange Bowl football game.

Virginia and Liberty both led the state with six conference championships. Virginia won ACC titles in Men’s Cross Country, Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving, Men’s Tennis, Baseball, and Men’s Track and Field. Liberty won Big South crowns in football, volleyball, men’s cross country, men’s indoor track and field, women’s basketball, and men’s outdoor track and field.

Overall, Virginia Division I schools compiled a 2320-2037-55 record for a winning percentage of .532. Men’s teams were 1124-882-31 for a .559 percentage while the women’s teams were  at .509 with a 1196-1155 mark. There were 13 sports that won over 50 percent of their events led by football (.637), men’s swimming (.617) men’s basketball (.576), and men’s tennis (.576).

The survey began in 1978-79 and includes winning percentages of only those sports with NCAA sponsored championships. Old Dominion leads with 12 overall titles, followed by Virginia with 11, James Madison with three, Hampton with two, and one crown each for George Mason, Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth.