MIAC Release | All-Sports Competition

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University won the MIAC's George Durenberger All-Sports Trophy for the second-consecutive academic year in 2022-23, the conference announced on Wednesday, May 17.

SJU won the MIAC regular-season title in three sports - golf, football and outdoor track & field - in addition to five second-place finishes (cross country, swimming & diving, indoor track & field, basketball and baseball) and one third-place finish (hockey) in the league standings. 

The Johnnies compiled a total of 92 points, followed by Gustavus Adolphus (74.5), St. Olaf (70.5) and a tie between Bethel and Carleton (69).

The title is the Johnnies' 16th since 1968-69. Saint John's or St. Thomas has won the George Durenberger Trophy every year except one (Gustavus in 2003-04) since 1979-80.

SJU's 17.5-point cushion was the largest between first and second place since the 2016-17 academic year, when the Tommies won eight of the 11 regular-season titles for a 25-point margin. The Johnnies finished second behind UST by seven points in 2018-19 and by 2.5 in 2017-18. 

The men's and women's MIAC All-Sports trophies had their beginnings in the 1963-64 school year, when Bob Schabert, who covered the MIAC for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, began determining men's all-sports results. The current men's trophy, named in honor of long-time athletic director George Durenberger '28, was donated by the Saint John's University J-Club prior to the 1972-73 academic year. 

Since the 2003-04 season, first-place points are determined by the number of teams participating in that sport. Second place, third place, etc., receive points in a descending order, based on the first-place point total. From 1972-2003, 11 points were awarded for first place, 10 for second, nine for third, etc.