Youngstown State Secures 2025-26 McCafferty Trophy

Youngstown State Secures 2025-26 McCafferty Trophy

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Rachel White

INDIANAPOLIS (June 3, 2026) – Youngstown State captured its third overall and second outright McCafferty Trophy along with this year’s Men’s and Women’s All-Sports Awards, the League office announced on Wednesday.
 
Dig Deeper:
  • Youngstown State captured League titles in men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field and women’s tennis this year.
  • The Penguins added a regular season title in softball, a North Division regular season title in men’s tennis and a share of the women’s tennis regular season crown along with runner-up finishes at the women’s basketball, women’s golf and men’s tennis championships.
  • Oakland earned League championships in men’s and women’s swimming and diving and women’s golf this year to finish second in the McCafferty standings.
  • Third-place Milwaukee posted a regular season and tournament title in women’s soccer along with a baseball tournament title.
  • Northern Kentucky finished fourth with a softball tournament title and a regular season title in volleyball.
  • Wright State rounded out the top five, collecting League championships in men’s basketball, men’s golf and volleyball with regular season titles in baseball and men’s basketball.
  • Named in honor of James J. McCafferty, who served as the conference’s first commissioner from 1979-80, the McCafferty Trophy is awarded annually by the Horizon League to a member institution compiling the greatest number of performance points, based on its finish in the League’s 19 championship sports.
  • For the sports of men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, softball and baseball, points are awarded based on combined regular-season (60 percent) and championship (40 percent) finishes. For all other sports, points are based on performance in the League championships.
 
Final 2025-26 McCafferty Trophy Standings
  1. Youngstown State – 56.5
  2. Oakland – 37
  3. Milwaukee – 32.5
  4. Northern Kentucky – 29.5
  5. Wright State – 27
  6. Green Bay – 24
  7. Cleveland State – 23
  8. Purdue Fort Wayne – 22.5
  9. IU Indianapolis – 16.5
  10. RMU – 12.5
  11. Detroit Mercy – 3.5
Men’s All-Sports Totals
        1. Youngstown State – 23
        2. Wright State – 21
        3. Oakland – 19
        4. Cleveland State – 13
        5. Milwaukee – 12
        6. Purdue Fort Wayne – 11
        T7. Green Bay – 10
        T7. IU Indianapolis – 10
        9.   RMU – 7
        10. Northern Kentucky – 5.5
        11. Detroit Mercy – 3.5

Women’s All-Sports Totals

  1. Youngstown State – 33.5
  2. Northern Kentucky – 24
  3. Milwaukee – 20.5
  4. Oakland – 18
  5. Green Bay – 14
  6. Purdue Fort Wayne – 11.5
  7. Cleveland State – 10
  8. IU Indianapolis – 6.5
  9. Wright State – 6
  10. RMU – 5.5
  11. Detroit Mercy – 0