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Horizon League | |
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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
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.
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School | Base | Bask | CC | Golf | Soccer | Swimming | Tennis | Indoor track | Outdoor track |
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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 |
School | Bask | CC | Golf | Soccer | Soft | Swimming | Tennis | Indoor track | Outdoor track | Volleyball |
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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 |
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.
School | Base | Bask | CC | Golf | Soccer | Swimming | Tennis | Indoor track | Outdoor track | Total |
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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 |
School | Bask | CC | Golf | Soccer | Soft | Swimming | Tennis | Indoor track | Outdoor track | Volleyball | Total |
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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 |
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.
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