July 1, 2010
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State athletic department earned its highest finish in school history in the annual Learfield Sports Directors' Cup, scoring 299.50 points to rank 66th out of 278 NCAA Division I schools for the 2009-10 season.
For the third straight year, San Diego State athletics improved its final standing. Since their 106th-place finish in 2007, the Aztecs have steadily climbed the final rankings each year from 84th in 2008, to 81st in 2009, and jumped 15 spots to 66th in 2010. The 299.50 points and the eight SDSU teams that contributed toward that total are both school records.
Women's basketball led the way for the Aztecs, earning a department-best 64 points after advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2010 NCAA tournament. The SDSU indoor track and field and women's soccer programs finished with 51 and 50 points, respectively.
During the 2009-10 season, San Diego State had eight sports advance to NCAA postseason tournaments, including women's soccer (second round), men's basketball (first round), women's basketball, men's golf (NCAA regionals), women's golf (NCAA regionals), indoor track (18th place), softball (NCAA regionals) and swimming and diving (42nd place).
The Directors' Cup is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Learfield Sports and USA Today to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country in NCAA Divisions I, II and III and the NAIA.