BURLINGAME – The Chico State Athletics Department was the best in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 2010-11, it was announced at the conference’s Executive Council Meetings in Burlingame Tuesday. The Wildcats, winners of the sixth Commissioner’s Cup, will be presented with a glass trophy and Apple laptop computer during a September presentation.

The Commissioner's Cup is presented in association with Apple Computer and is awarded to the CCAA member institution with the highest aggregate ranking in eight of the CCAA's 12 championship sport offerings.

Chico State won CCAA titles in men’s and women’s cross country and men’s and women’s track & field, finished second in men’s soccer and men’s golf, and third in softball and baseball. The women’s basketball team and men’s basketball team also finished in the top half of the conference standings.

“We’re honored and very excited to win this award,” said Chico State Director of Athletics Anita Barker. “Chico State Athletics has always been a team effort and everyone contributed to this year’s success.”

Chico State turned the tables on UC San Diego, which the Wildcats had finished second to four times in the first five years it was awarded.

An institution's Commissioner's Cup ranking is calculated using its top two league finishes in the fall, winter and spring sports seasons, as well as the highest two remaining finishes, regardless of season.

The CCAA sponsors the sports of men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s and women’s basketball in the winter, and men's golf, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s track and field in the spring. Institutions winning the conference tournament in the sports of men's basketball, women's basketball, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball and baseball deduct one (1) point from their regular season finish in those respective sports.

CCAA Commissioner's Cup
Final 2010-11 Standings