UMW Takes CAC All-Sports Award

UMW Athletics Director Ken Tyler and President Richard V. Hurley

UMW combined seven Capital Athletic Conference championships with six second-place finishes to capture the 2012-13 Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award, the Eagles’ first since 2004-05. The award goes to the CAC member that accumulates the most points during the academic year.

UMW captured the CAC trophy in men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s cross-country, field hockey, and women’s indoor track and field on the way to scoring 156 overall points. Mary Washington also gained top honors in the Women’s Commissioner’s Award chase for the second time in three years, scoring 90 points in 11 championship sports.