The South Atlantic Conference Announces 2017-18 Winter Echols Athletic Excellence Awards Standings

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate leads the 2017-18 South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award Standings after the conclusion of the 2017-18 SAC Winter Regular Season.  The Bulldogs won two championships during the fall season (football and men's soccer), and added three second place finishes; men's and women's indoor track and field and women's basketball, to take the lead with 896.5 points.

Carson-Newman moved into second place with 727.5 points after capturing the women's basketball championship and finishing in the top five in men's and women's indoor track and field and men's basketball. Queens brought home a pair of indoor track and field championships, and finished second in men's basketball, sliding into third place with 718.5 points.

At No. 4 in the standings is Anderson with 610 points and at No. 5 is Lenoir-Rhyne with 576.16 points.  Lincoln Memorial comes in at No. 6 with 522.5 points, while Tusculum moves to No. 7 with 440.83 points.  Catawba's 387 points is good for the No. 8 spot, while Coker lands at No. 9 with 340.66 points.

Mars Hill finished at No. 10 with 312 points and Newberry rounds out the list with 275.99 points.

The Echols Athletic Excellence Award is presented annually to the member athletic department that earns the highest point total based on cumulative final standings in each of the Conference's 20 sports.  Regular season finish is used in the sports of men's and women's soccer, volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's lacrosse, baseball and softball, while SAC Championship results are used for men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track.  

In the Echols Athletic Excellence Award formula, the champion will always receive 100 points and last place will receive 10 points regardless of the number of schools that sponsor that championship sport.  The points earned for all other place finishes will vary based on the number of schools that sponsor that particular sport.   

2017-18 SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award Standings

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