{"id":39050,"date":"2025-05-12T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?p=39050"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:18:11","slug":"kwu-wins-kcac-commissioners-cup-for-third-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/kwu-wins-kcac-commissioners-cup-for-third-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"KWU Wins KCAC Commissioner’s Cup for Third Straight Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Release Courtesy of KWU Athletics and the KCAC<\/em><\/p>\n

Kansas Wesleyan University has won the KCAC Commissioner’s Cup for the 2024-25 academic year, the conference office announced Monday.<\/p>\n

This marks the fifth time the Coyotes have taken home the KCAC Commissioner’s Cup in the award’s history (dating back to the 2012-13 academic year), and the fifth time in the past six years that Kansas Wesleyan has earned this honor.<\/p>\n

“KWU Athletics is honored to, once again earn the Commissioner\u2019s Cup,”\u00a0Miguel Paredes, Athletic Director\u00a0at Kansas Wesleyan University, remarked.\u00a0“This win belongs to everyone in the Coyote family, the Salina community, our alumni, faculty, staff and our university leadership. This goes to show our commitment to excellence in everything we do, from top to bottom. Our student-athletes, the coaches and our staff are top-notch and have dedicated countless hours to making us the best we can be. To be the first institution to win the Cup for a third straight year reinforces our commitment to being to the best in everything we do.”<\/p>\n

The Coyotes led the conference with 185.5 total points, with 66 accumulated in the fall season, 44 picked up in the winter, and 75.5 accumulated in the spring. Friends University was not far behind in the standings, finishing second with 180 points. The third and fourth place institutions were only separated by half a point, with Evangel University finishing third with 162.5 points and the University of Saint Mary taking home fourth place with 162 points. Rounding out the top five was Ottawa University with 156 total points.<\/p>\n

“Congratulations to Kansas Wesleyan for winning the KCAC Commissioner’s Cup for the third consecutive year,” Ted Breidenthal, KCAC commissioner, stated. “Expectations for excellence on and off the field have never been higher at Kansas Wesleyan.\u00a0 These results are proof that the challenge was met by an extraordinary group of student-athletes, coaches and administration.”<\/p>\n

Kansas Wesleyan found success in a variety of sports throughout the fall, winter, and spring seasons.<\/p>\n