Baruch College Athletics won the CUNYAC Commissioner's Cup Trophy for the third year in a row.
The award was presented to the athletic department at the 38th annual Michael Steuermann Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner held on Thursday, May 16, at Terrace on the Park in Queens.
The annual Commissioner's Cup recognizes the most successful athletic program in the senior division of the CUNY Athletic Conference, determined by a scoring system that honors success in the regular season and championship competition.
In the 2023-24 sports year, the Bearcats won CUNYAC championships in the men's sports of volleyball, swimming, basketball, soccer and tennis. She also took first place in women's tennis and second place in women's swimming.
Won regular season championships (1st place) in men's swimming, men's basketball, men's volleyball, and men's and women's tennis.
Commissioner Cup title year (10 total): 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024
4 year college point system:
Points are awarded for 1st (10), 2nd (5) and 3rd (3) finishes across all regular season finishes. In conference tournaments, in all head-to-head championship finals he is given 1st place (10) and he is given 2nd place (5) points, and in other sports where the participating schools are 5 or more than his, he is given 3rd place points. (3) is given. CUNYAC also has different sizes of athletic programs, so schools can only use the top 10 sports in any given grade.
Bearcats total 136 points (breakdown)
Regular season: 1st place (10 points), 2nd place (5 points), 3rd place (3 points)
Championship: 1st place (10 points), 2nd place (5 points), 3rd place (3 points)
Sports: Regular season; Championship (Top 10 teams only)
Men's Swimming: 10pts 1st place; 10pts Champion (20)
Men's Basketball: 10 points 1st place; 10 points Champion (20)
Men's tennis: 1st place with 10 points. 10 Points Champion (20)
Men's Volleyball: 10pts 1st place; 10pts Champion (20)
Women's Tennis: 10 points 1st place; 10 points Champion (20)
Men's soccer: 3pts 3rd place; 10 Points Champion (13)
Women's swimming: 5pts 2nd place. 5pts Runner-up (10)
Baseball: Regular season 5 points 2nd place (5)
Women's volleyball: 5pts Regular season 2nd place (5)
*Women's Cross Country: 3rd place 3pts Final (3)
2023-24 Commissioner's Cup Standings (Final)
Baruch – 136 points
Hunter – 121 points
John Jay – 80 points
CCNY – 48 points
Brooklyn – 43 points
Medgar Evers – 35 points
Lehman – 32 points
York – 0 points