Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Women Win Jacoby Title as MAC's Best
5/31/2013 12:00:00 AM | General
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The top Mid-American Conference institutional awards were announced Thursday night (May 30) as Miami University (women's) and Kent State University (men's) were honored with the annual Fred Jacoby and David Reese All-Sports Awards.
Miami captured its fifth-ever Jacoby Trophy for having the best overall women's athletic teams during the 2012-13 academic year while Kent State won its fifth consecutive Reese Trophy, emblematic of success for men's teams.
"This is a tremendous honor for Miami Athletics and I want to thank our coaches and all our fantastic student-athletes,” Director of Athletics David Sayler said. “A lot of work by many people goes into winning an award such as this and it is gratifying for everyone involved with Miami University to win this all sports trophy."
In 2012-13, Miami’s women’s teams finished first in four sports— swimming and diving, tennis, field hockey and soccer, and won seven championships in those sports.
The RedHawks' previous Jacoby honors were in 1983, 1997, 2008 and 2009.
Points are awarded based on each school's finish, with the overall total divided by the number of sports sponsored by each school. An institution may count either indoor track and field or outdoor track and field but not both. The following sports honor a regular season champion and are awarded points based on their regular season conference winning percentage: baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. The remaining sports are awarded points based on the MAC Championship/tournament finish: cross country, golf, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and gymnastics.
The women's trophy is named for former MAC Commissioner Fred Jacoby. Jacoby was the MAC Commissioner from 1971-82 and is credited with incorporating women's athletics into the league's structure. The men's trophy is named for former MAC Commissioner David E. Reese. Reese was the first-ever MAC Commissioner and served the league from its inception in 1946 until 1964.
PAST JACOBY TROPHY WINNERS
WINNERS RUNNERS-UP
2013 Miami 10.0, Central Michigan 9.39
2012 Toledo 9.27, Central Michigan 9.06
2011 Western Michigan 9.33, Central Michigan 9.1
2010 Kent State 10.25, Miami 9.72
2009 Miami 9.78, Kent State 8.61
2008 Miami 9.66, Ohio 9.50
2007 Ohio 9.94, Bowling Green 7.97
2006 Western Michigan 10.3, Kent State 9.17
2005 Kent State 10.7, Western Michigan 8.38
2004 Kent State 10.72, Central Michigan 9.44
2003 Ball State 66, Kent State 63
2002 Ball State 71.5, Kent State 59
2001 Ball State 69, Kent State 68.5
2000 Ball State 65.5, Kent State 64
1999 Kent State 64, Northern Illinois 62.5
1998 Ball State 60.5, Kent State 60
1997 Miami 47.5, Kent State 47.5
1996 Kent State 47.5, Miami 46.5
1995 Ohio 49, Central Michigan 44-Western Michigan 44
1994 Bowling Green 46, Ball State 45.5
1993 Bowling Green 55, Miami 46
1992 Bowling Green 42, Miami 41
1991 Central Michigan 47, Miami 42.5
1990 Central Michigan 43.5, Eastern Michigan 41.5-Miami 41.5
1989 Kent State 40, Western Michigan 39.5
1988 Bowling Green 49, Eastern Michigan 39
1987 Western Michigan 49, Central Michigan 41.5
1986 Western Michigan 50.5, Bowling Green 46
1985 Western Michigan 52.5, Bowling Green 47-Central Michigan 47
1984 Western Michigan 51.5, Central Michigan 46
1983 Miami 52, Bowling Green 46
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