CARMEL, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been named the winner of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 2024-25 season. The department also brought home the Men's All-Sports title and finished second in the Women's All-Sports standings. 

This is the 20th annual Commissioner's Cup for the HCAC, and the honor is awarded to the institutional athletic department that registers the most all-sports points in both men's and women's athletics over the course of the academic year in the HCAC's 22 championships and all affiliate sports. 

Rose-Hulman edged out Transylvania by 4.34 points in a close finish to claim their ninth HCAC Commissioner's Cup in school history. The last time the Fightin' Engineers received the award was during the 2022-23 season.

The Fightin' Engineers won the Men's All-Sports title by a larger margin of 19.84 over the Hanover Panthers. This is the 15th time Rose-Hulman has won the Men's All-Sport Trophy and the 12th time in the last 13 years. 

The Women's All-Sport Trophy was won by Transylvania, with Rose-Hulman placing runner-up, trailing by 19 points in the final standings. The Rose-Hulman women have only won the HCAC All-Sports Trophy once in school history, during the 2017-18 season. 

The athletic department, led by Athletic Director Ayanna Tweedy, totaled eight regular season or conference tournament titles this year, including the sports of men's soccer, men's cross country, men's swimming & diving, men's indoor track & field, men's outdoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, men's tennis, and men's golf. 

HCAC COMMISSIONER'S CUP STANDINGS:
1) Rose-Hulman - 150.51
2) Transylvania - 146.17
3) Hanover - 126.67
4) Anderson - 105.66
5) Franklin - 102.17
6) Manchester - 96.34
7) Mount St. Joseph - 86.66 
8) Earlham - 65.67
9) Bluffton - 56.33
10) Berea - 55.83

MEN'S ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS:
1) Rose-Hulman - 83.84
2) Hanover - 64.00
3) Transylvania - 60.50
4) Anderson - 59.16
5) Franklin - 57.17
6) Manchester - 49.67
7) Mount St. Joseph - 33.33
8) Bluffton - 32.83
9) Earlham - 26.50
10) Berea - 25.01

WOMEN'S ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS:
1) Transylvania - 85.67
2) Rose-Hulman - 66.67
3) Hanover - 62.67
4) Mount St. Joseph - 53.33
5) Manchester - 46.67
6) Anderson - 46.5
7) Franklin - 45
8) Earlham - 39.17
9) Berea - 30.82
10) Bluffton - 23.5