Columbia Secures Eighth Consecutive Presidents' Cup, Earn Second-Ever Valerie Beeson Award

5/12/2025 5:33:00 PM

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Columbia College Athletics Department has won their eighth-straight American Midwest Conference (AMC) Presidents' Cup, while also capturing their second-straight Valerie Beeson Women's Sports Championship.

The Presidents' Cup is awarded to the institution accumulating the most points, determined by final regular-season standings or the final results from the AMC Championship (cross country, wrestling, golf, and track & field) in the conference championship sports. Points are awarded in a manner that the Conference champion receives five times the number of teams sponsoring each sport, each subsequent team receives five fewer points than the team finishing above it (with the last place team earning five points). Should teams tie in the final standings or results, the total number of available points among the tied spots will be combined and then divided by the number of tied teams.

The Cougars accumulated 667.5 points in the final Presidents' Cup standings, finishing 52.5 points ahead of the Owls of William Woods University (Mo.).

Over the 2024-25 campaign, the Cougars finished fourth or higher in every AMC Championship sport, capturing eight championships. Columbia's eight conference titles this year are the second-highest total in a single season since at least 2010-11. The Cougars hold the record with 11 titles in 2017-18 and matched the eight-title mark again in 2022-23.

Taking home first place points were men's cross country, women's soccer, men's indoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, baseball, women's golf, men's outdoor track & field, and women's outdoor track & field. Volleyball, women's basketball, men's golf each received votes for second place.

Columbia sits at the second most-ever Presidents' Cup with eight, as former AMC institution McKendree University (Ill.) accumulated 11.

The Valerie Beeson Women's Sports Championship Trophy recognizes the school that accumulates the most points in the final standings across all women's championship sports. Beeson is the longtime Conference Eligibility Chair, was a member of the inaugural class of the AMC Hall of Fame and was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2001.

Columbia took home the second-ever Valerie Beeson Women's Sports Championship, becoming the first school to accept the award for the 2023-24 season.

The Cougars collected 385 points on the women's side, acquiring championships in women's soccer, women's indoor track and field, women's golf, and women's outdoor track and field. The Cougars held a generous 42.5 point advantage over the Spartans of Missouri Baptist University.

To view the entire final AMC Presidents' Cup standings, click here.

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