Colorado College posted its highest finish in 20 years and ended in the top 18 percent of all Division III schools nationally in the final 2024-25 Learfield IMG Directors' Cup Standings, released by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
 
CC finished the '24-25 academic year in 76^th place, its highest since placing 48^th in 2005, with 264 points, the second-most points among Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference schools.
 
This spring, Rabbit Barnes and Isabel Olson earned first-team All-America honors and Alison Mueller-Hickler was a second-team selection at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while the women's lacrosse team advanced to the second round of the Division III Tournament, combining for 83.5 Directors' Cup points.
 
Beginning in 1993, the Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between NACDA and USA Today. Throughout the course of the year, points are awarded based on a school's finish in up to 18 sports - nine men and nine women - in NCAA Championships. Colorado College is uniquely positioned as a multi divisional institution, sponsoring 15 Division III sports and 2 Division I sports.

Of the 431 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner, 324 registered points in the Directors' Cup standings for all seasons. 

"It has been another incredible year for our student-athletes and coaches," Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine said. "We talk about championship culture here every day and to see our teams thrive competitively while also achieving so much in the classroom and community is incredible. We are so proud of them and it's an exciting time to be a Tiger."

In the fall, the women's cross country team advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships for the fourth straight season and posted a program-best sixth-place finish, good for 73.5 points. Olson and Sydney Rankin were named All-Americans.
 
Meanwhile, the men's soccer team competed to the NCAA Division III Championships for the second consecutive season before falling to Claremont in the second round. The Tigers collected 50 points and finished 20^th in the final United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll.

Sophomore Will Shuflit qualified for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships after winning the SCAC individual title and placing fifth at the West Region Meet. He earned All-America honors with a 30^th-place result at the national meet, good for 30 points in the Director's Cup standings.
 
In the winter, the women's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time since 1990, racking up 25 points in the Director's Cup standings.