by Alan Babbitt

Hope College continues to hold the lead in the 2021-22 winter update for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Commissioner's Cup race.

Bolstered by four MIAA championships and top-two finishes in five of six winter sports, Hope remains ahead of the field with 114.5 points. 

The MIAA Commissioner's Cup is based on the cumulative performance of each member school in the league's 23 sports: 11 in women's sports and 12 in men's sports.  Each school counts its top eight finishes by gender. 

The winter update includes each team's MIAA finish in eight men's (four fall, four winter) and seven women's sports (four fall, three winter).

Photo by Lynne Powe

Hope earned MIAA Championships in men's basketball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, and shared the regular-season title in women's basketball.  

Hope was the runner-up in women's indoor track and field and fifth in men's indoor track and field on the way to garnering 48.5 points through seven winter sports.

Hope tops women's sports with 60 points and men's sports with 54.5.

Calvin University is in second place overall with a total of 102.5 points. Trine University is third with 89 points and followed by Albion College with 87, Adrian College with 64.5, Olivet College with 59, Alma College with 53, Kalamazoo College with 50, and Saint Mary's College with 20.5.

MIAA Release