CNU Wins 2008-09 VaSID All-Sports Survey

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – Christopher Newport University won 69.2% of its athletic contests in the 2008-09 athletic season to win the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association College Division All-Sports Survey.  This marks the fifth time since 2000-01 that the Captains have won the overall award.

The survey ranks all 27 non-NCAA Division I schools in the state by overall winning percentage.  This is the first overall win for the Captains since the 2004-05 season.

Finishing second this year was Washington & Lee University with a 65.20% winning percentage, followed by Roanoke College (64.84%), last year’s winner University of Mary Washington (63.24%) and Bridgewater College (60.56%).

The Captains swept the overall, men’s sports and women’s sports rankings this year as the women won just over 73% of its contests and the men won just under 64%.  Washington & Lee took second in the women’s rankings (69.2%) while Bluefield College was second in the men’s rankings (62.27%).

Southern Virginia University topped the state in national tournament appearances with nine, followed by Christopher Newport with eight and Washington & Lee with seven.