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Horizon League
Titles per university
Milwaukee 133
UIC 70
Green Bay 60
Detroit Mercy 50
Wright State 43
Cleveland State 38
Youngstown State 35
Oakland 24
Northern Kentucky 2
IUPUI 1
Locations

This is an article of Horizon League champions. The Horizon League sponsors 19 sports, 9 men's and 10 women's. This article is updated through December 22, 2017.

Men's sports

Women's sports

Membership

All years listed reflect the calendar years in which each school joined and left the conference. For schools that participated only in fall sports, the year of departure is the calendar year after the last season of competition. For schools that participated only in spring sports, the year of arrival precedes the first season of competition.

Current members

Former members

  1. ^ Oklahoma City did not adopt its current nickname of Stars until 1998.
  2. ^ Valparaiso did not adopt its current nickname of Beacons until February 2021.

Current associate members

Men's tennis

Women's tennis

Former associate member

Men's soccer

Sports sponsored

Men's

School Base Bask CC Golf Soccer Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track
Cleveland State No[1] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Detroit Mercy No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Green Bay No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
IUPUI No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Milwaukee Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Northern Kentucky Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Oakland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Purdue Fort Wayne Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Robert Morris No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Wright State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Youngstown State Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes

Women's

School Bask CC Golf Soccer Soft Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Volleyball
Cleveland State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Detroit Mercy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Green Bay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
IUPUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Milwaukee Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Northern Kentucky Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oakland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Purdue Fort Wayne Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Robert Morris Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Wright State Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Youngstown State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Sports championship totals

This table includes all the championships earned by sport. A – denotes that the school never participated in the sport in the conference. These totals are through July 1, 2017.

Men's

School Base Bask CC Golf Soccer Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Total
Cleveland State 0[2] 2 – 9 1 4 5 – – 21
Detroit 6 5 2 7 4 – 0 2 1 27
Green Bay – 4 0 0 3 1 3 – – 11
IUPUI – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee 7 8 0 – 10 4 0[3] 16 16 61
Northern Kentucky 0 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 1
Oakland 1 0 2 0 3 4 – 0 0 10
UIC 16 3 0 – 11 1 0 0 0 31
Wright State 11 2 0 5 1 8 1 0 0 28
Youngstown State 2 0 1 0 – – 0 3 3 9
Belmont[4] – – – – 0 – 0 – – 0
Chicago State – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Eastern Illinois – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Lindenwood – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Southern Indiana – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Tennessee State – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Tennessee Tech – – – – – – 0 – – 0

Women's

School Bask CC Golf Soccer Soft Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Volleyball Total
Cleveland State 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 17
Detroit 3 2 3 3 6 – 0 4 2 – 23
Green Bay 35 0 0 0 3 9 1 – – 1 49
IUPUI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Milwaukee 4 0 – 28 – 3 0 9 7 21 72
Northern Kentucky 0 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 0 0 1
Oakland 0 3 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 2 14
UIC 0 0 0 – 22 0 17 0 0 0 39
Wright State 2 0 – 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 15
Youngstown State 0 2 3 0 1 0 4 6 10 0 26
Chicago State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Titles per university

  1. Milwaukee 133
  2. Notre Dame 111
  3. Butler 96
  4. UIC 70
  5. Green Bay 60
  6. Detroit 50
  7. Loyola of Chicago 50
  8. Wright State 43
  9. Cleveland State 38
  10. Youngstown State 35
  11. Evansville 31
  12. Oral Roberts 31
  13. Xavier 27
  14. Oakland 24
  15. Valparaiso 20
  16. Northern Illinois 10
  17. Oklahoma City 7
  18. Dayton 4
  19. Saint Louis 4
  20. La Salle 3
  21. Marquette 3
  22. Northern Kentucky 2
  23. IUPUI 1
  24. Duquesne 0

Sports

All-sport champion

McCafferty Trophy

2017–18 version of the Horizon League's McCafferty trophy, awarded to Oakland University

The James J. McCafferty Trophy is awarded annually by the Horizon League to signify the leagues all-sport champion. Created in 1980, it was named for Jim McCafferty, who served as the first Commissioner of the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League). Schools earn performance points based on their finish in all 19 championship sports the Horizon League offers. For the sports of baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's and women's basketball, points are awarded based on combined regular season and championship finish. All other sports are based on finish in the League championship.

Men's

Baseball

Men's basketball

Men's cross country

Men's golf

Men's soccer

Men's swimming and diving

Men's tennis

Men's track and field

Women's

Women's basketball

Women's cross country

Women's golf

Women's soccer

Softball

Women's swimming and diving

Women's tennis

Women's track and field

Women's volleyball

References

  1. ^ "Cleveland State University dropping baseball at the end of 2011 season". 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ Cleveland State sponsored baseball from 1995 through 2011.
  3. ^ Milwaukee sponsored men's tennis in 1995.
  4. ^ "Belmont University to Join Horizon League as Affiliate Member | Horizon League". www.horizonleague.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17.

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