List of Horizon League champions

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Horizon League
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Titles per university
Milwaukee133
UIC70
Green Bay60
Detroit Mercy50
Wright State43
Cleveland State38
Youngstown State35
Oakland24
Northern Kentucky2
IUPUI1
Locations
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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.

Contents

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

SchoolBaseBaskCCGolfSoccerSwimmingTennisIndoor trackOutdoor track
Cleveland StateNo [1] YesNoYesYesYesYesNoNo
Detroit MercyNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Green BayNoYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNo
IUPUINoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
MilwaukeeYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
Northern KentuckyYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
OaklandYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
Purdue Fort WayneYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYes
Robert MorrisNoYesNoYesYesNoNoNoNo
Wright StateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Youngstown StateYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes

Women's

SchoolBaskCCGolfSoccerSoftSwimmingTennisIndoor trackOutdoor trackVolleyball
Cleveland StateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Detroit MercyYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesNo
Green BayYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYes
IUPUIYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
MilwaukeeYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Northern KentuckyYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes
OaklandYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Purdue Fort WayneYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Robert MorrisYesYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Wright StateYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Youngstown StateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

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

SchoolBaseBaskCCGolfSoccerSwimmingTennisIndoor trackOutdoor trackTotal
Cleveland State0 [2] 2914521
Detroit6527402127
Green Bay40031311
IUPUI000000000
Milwaukee7801040 [3] 161661
Northern Kentucky010000001
Oakland1020340010
UIC163011100031
Wright State112051810028
Youngstown State20100339
Belmont [4] 000
Chicago State00
Eastern Illinois00
Lindenwood00
Southern Indiana00
Tennessee State00
Tennessee Tech00

Women's

SchoolBaskCCGolfSoccerSoftSwimmingTennisIndoor trackOutdoor trackVolleyballTotal
Cleveland State2010400001017
Detroit3233604223
Green Bay35000391149
IUPUI00010000001
Milwaukee402830972172
Northern Kentucky0001000001
Oakland031124010214
UIC0002201700039
Wright State20445000015
Youngstown State0230104610026
Chicago State00000000000

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 McCafferty Tropfy.jpg
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.

  • Note, the McCafferty Trophy is not included in the championship totals. Also not all schools sponsor every sport that is calculated into the McCafferty points system.

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

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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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