CARMEL, Ind. – The Hanover College Panthers have been crowned the 2021-22 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Commissioner's Cup Champions.

This is the 17th annual Commissioners Cup and is awarded to the institution whose athletic department registers the most all-sports points in both men's and women's athletics over the course of the academic year. Following the 2020-21 season, the conference deviated from its traditional awards structure, recognizing the league’s athletic training staffs as the honorary Commissioner’s Cup honorees.

In 2021-22 the Panthers accumulated 146.01 points to claim the title, their third straight competitive year earning the honor. Hanover registered one regular season conference championship during the year in men’s basketball, and were runners up in women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, and men’s tennis.

Lynn Hall, Vice President for Athletics, leads the Hanover athletic department.

Hanover narrowly claimed the lead in the overall Commissioner's Cup standings, with 146.01 points. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology finished in second with 145.33 points, while Transylvania University took third with 133.345 points. Franklin College placed in fourth with 123.33 points while Anderson University took fifth with 104.99 points. Manchester University (90) was just behind in sixth place, with Mount St. Joseph University (81.01), Bluffton University (71.33), Earlham College (67.16) and Defiance College (43.495) rounding out the standings.

The 2021-22 academic year was the 17th for the Commissioner's Cup. The award is based on accumulation of points in the HCAC's 22 championships and all affiliate sports.

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Complete Standings:

Place	Team	Women	Men	Total
1	Hanover	76.17	69.84	146.01
2	Rose-Hulman	65.33	80	145.33
3	Transylvania	77.845	55.5	133.345
4	Franklin	60	63.33	123.33
5	Anderson	56	48.99	104.99
6	Manchester	44.5	45.5	90
7	Mount St. Joseph	50	31.01	81.01
8	Bluffton	39	32.33	71.33
9	Earlham	34.49	32.67	67.16
10	Defiance	21.665	21.83	43.495

Men’s All-Sport Standings:

Place	Team	MXC	MSOC	FB	MSWIM	MBB	MITF	WREST	MGOLF	MOTF	MLAX	MTEN	BB	TOTAL
1	RHIT	7	10	10	10	7.5	2.97	-	8	6.03	-	10	8.5	80
2	HC	6	9	7.5	5	10	1.65	-	7	4.69	4	9	6	69.84
3	FC	5	7	7.5	9	3.5	1.98	-	9	3.35	-	7	10	63.33
4	TU	8	4	-	8	7.5	2.64	-	10	5.36	-	6	4	55.5
5	AU	3	8	3.5	7	7.5	1.32	-	-	0.67	3	8	7	48.99
6	MU	9	3	5.5	6	3.5	3.3	1	-	6.7	-	5	2.5	45.5
7	EC	10	1	-	-	3.5	0.66	-	6	2.01	1	-	8.5	32.67
8	BU	4	5.5	5.5	-	1	2.31	-	5	4.02	-	-	5	32.33
9	MSJ	2	2	9	-	3.5	0.33	3	4	2.68	2	-	2.5	31.01
10	DC	-	5.5	3.5	-	7.5	0.99	2	-	1.34	-	-	1	21.83

Women's All-Sport Standings:

Place	Team	WGOLF	WTEN	WXC	FH	WSOC	WVB	WSWIM	WBB	WITF	WOTF	WLAX	SB	TOTAL
1	TU	9	10	2	1	6	7.5	9	10	0.33	3.015	10	10	77.845
2	HC	8	8	8	-	8.5	7.5	4	7.5	2.64	6.03	9	7	76.17
3	RHIT	10	7	9	-	8.5	2.5	8	7.5	2.97	5.36	-	4.5	65.33
4	FC	6	6	3	-	5	4.5	10	4.5	1.98	4.02	8	7	60
5	AU	1	9	7	-	7	6	7	4.5	2.31	4.69	5	2.5	56
6	MSJ	7	-	4	-	10	9.5	-	2.5	0.66	1.34	6	9	50
7	MU	3	5	10	-	2	4.5	5	2.5	3.3	6.7	-	2.5	44.5
8	BU	5	-	6	-	3	2.5	6	9	0.99	2.01	-	4.5	39
9	EC	4	-	5	2	4	9.5	-	1	1.32	0.67	7	-	34.49
10	DC	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	6	1.65	3.015	-	7	21.665