Albany State Men & Women and Morehouse
Men claim SIAC Commissioner's All Sports Award
May 17, 2006
Tucker, GA – The men of Albany State
University and Morehouse College took home
a share of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference All Sports Award while the
Albany State women captured the SIAC All-Sports
Award outright for the 2005-06 season.
In the women’s competition ASU
tallied 30 points after winning conference
titles in cross country, volleyball and track & field.
This award is Albany State women’s third
consecutive SIAC Commissioner’s All-Sports
Award. Benedict College finished second in
the conference competition compiling 19 points.
Benedict finished second in softball and finished
third place in cross country, tennis and track & field.
Fort Valley wrapped up the final awarded spot
with a third place finish compiling 18 points
after two second place finishes in basketball
and track & field and a third place finish
in softball. Paine College (17 points), Clark
Atlanta (14 points), Kentucky State (14 points)
and Tuskegee (10 points) rounded out the scoring.
For the men’s competition Albany State
and Morehouse finished tied with 31 points.
Albany State took home conference titles in
football and baseball, finished second in track & field,
and finished third in cross country en route
to their co-championship. Morehouse claimed
their share of the prestigious award after
winning conference championships in cross country
and track & field, finishing second in
tennis and third in baseball. The 1st place
finish for Albany State marks the third consecutive
victory for ASU in the SIAC Commissioner’s
All-Sports Award. The championship for Morehouse
is their first since 2001 where they compiled
90 points. Stillman and Tuskegee finished tied
for second place with 17 points and Fort Valley
State finished third with 15 points. Stillman
took home their first ever SIAC championship
after winning the 2006 SIAC Basketball Tournament
and Tuskegee took home the championship for
Tennis.
A scoring system of 10 points for 1st place,
7 points for 2nd place and 4 points for 3rd
place is used to determine the All-Sports Standings
for the SIAC 12-member institutions. Football
is determined by their finish in the regular
season and Men’s & Women’s
Basketball tournament is not double elimination
and does not offer a consolation game.
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