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(Lock
Haven, Pa.) - Lock
Haven University of Pennsylvania repeated as Dixon Trophy winner as the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s (PSAC) most successful all-around
athletics program for the 2001-2002 academic year. This marks the second straight win for Lock Haven after the
program captured its first ever title last season.
The Dixon Trophy is named after F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., former chairman of
the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education.
It has been awarded annually since 1995 to the PSAC member institution
that accumulates the most points based on results of conference playoffs and/or
regular-season records. Each
institution’s point total is calculated by adding its top six men’s
finishes and top six women’s finishes in 22 conference sports.
In previous years, the totals were taken from 20 conference sports.
This year, the totals take into account the addition of men’s and
women’s indoor track and field, increasing the number of conference sports by
two.
Lock Haven set a new record for points, tallying 124.5 points while
matching the largest margin of victory in the history of the award by taking a
five-point triumph over the next closest competitor.
Shippensburg University was second, scoring 119.5 points, while Kutztown
University followed in third place with 116.5 points.
Millersville University was (106.5) fourth, while Edinboro University
(106) rounded out the top five.
“It’s an incredible honor for our University’s athletic program,
not only to earn this award, but to do it two years in a row,” said Lock
Haven President Craig Dean Willis. “It
is a nice reward for and reflects greatly the dedication and commitment of
everyone associated with Lock Haven athletics.”
“To win the Dixon Trophy in back-to-back years is a great achievement
and reflects the hard work and dedication of all our student-athletes and
coaches,” said Lock Haven Director of Athletics Sharon E. Taylor.
“We are very proud of the accomplishment.”
Lock Haven won a league-best five conference titles as the Bald Eagles
and Lady Eagles claimed the PSAC crown in women’s soccer, field hockey,
women’s and men’s indoor track and field, and women’s outdoor track and
field. The prominence of the LHU
program was aided by runner-up finishes in volleyball, wrestling, and baseball.
The women’s sports accumulated 67 total points, the most this year and
the second-highest amount in the history of the award.
The Bald Eagles collected 57.5 points, the second-highest point total
for men’s teams (tied with Kutztown) this year.
Over the course of the academic year, a total of 123 All-PSAC awards
were earned by 92 Lock Haven student-athletes, with nine of them earning
additional honors as All-Americans.
Six PSAC Coach of the Year accolades were handed out to Lock Haven
athletics staff, four LHU student-athletes earned recognition as the conference
Rookie of the Year, and one student-athlete was named the PSAC Athlete of the
Year.
The Lock Haven athletics program also captured the 2000-2001 Dixon
Trophy, totalling 117.5 points in that effort.
With the win, Lock
Haven becomes the third repeat winner in the trophy’s seven-year existence,
joining Bloomsburg University (1995-96, 96-97) and Shippensburg University
(1997-98, 98-99). Millersville
University is the only other school to win the award, finishing first in
1999-2000.
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Lock Haven
University won the 2002 Dixon Trophy, which is presented annually to the
most successful all-around athletics program among the 14 state system
universities.
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Haven was awarded the trophy for the second-straight year at the PSAC
Awards Banquet in Harrisburg on Monday evening.
From left, PSAC Commissioner Steve Murray, LHU Director of
Athletics Sharon Taylor, LHU Assistant Athletics Director Peter
Campbell, University President Craig Dean Willis, Chancellor of the
State System of Higher Education Judy Hample, and Paul Ballat, LHU
Faculty Athletics Representative. |
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2001-2002
DIXON TROPHY
FINAL STANDINGS |
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Men
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Women
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Total
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1. Lock Haven |
57.5 |
67 |
124.5
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2. Shippensburg |
60 |
59.5 |
119.5
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3. Kutztown |
57.5 |
59 |
116.5
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4. Millersville |
50.5 |
56 |
106.5
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5. Edinboro |
52.5 |
53.5 |
106
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6. Indiana |
49.5 |
56 |
105.5
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7. Bloomsburg |
46.5 |
58 |
104.5
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8. Slippery Rock |
44.5 |
49.5 |
94
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9. West Chester |
45.5 |
47 |
92.5
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10.
East Stroudsburg |
42.5 |
45 |
87.5
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11.
Clarion |
38.5 |
44 |
82.5
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12.
California |
38.5 |
41 |
79.5
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13.
Mansfield |
27 |
18.5 |
45.5
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14.
Cheyney |
21.5 |
6.5 |
28 |
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Dixon
Trophy Year-By-Year
1995-96...............................
Bloomsburg University
1996-97...............................
Bloomsburg University
1997-98...............................
Shippensburg University
1998-99...............................
Shippensburg University
1999-2000...........................
Millersville University
2000-01.............................
Lock Haven University
2001-02.............................
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