Miami Wins 2019 Reese Trophy
MIAMI WINS REESE TROPHY AS TOP MAC MEN'S ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Cleveland, Ohio – Miami University was honored by the Mid-American Conference (MAC) with the Reese Trophy as the top men's athletic program during the 2018-19 academic year. Miami won the Reese Trophy as the top men’s athletic program from the MAC for the 24th time in program history and for the first time since 2005.
Miami competes in seven men’s sports and during the 2018-19 academic year. Miami programs won Conference titles in cross country for the first time in 1998 and the men’s swimming and diving championship for the first time since 2006 with 957.5 team points and the program’s eighth overall MAC championship.
In outdoor track & field, Miami finished third in the Conference meet with 139 team points, while the football program finished tied for second in the MAC East Division with a 6-2 league record, 6-6 overall on the year.
Miami finished the baseball season ranked fourth in the league with a 15-11 MAC record, 36-18 overall, and the No. 4 seed in the recent MAC baseball championship. In golf, Miami finished with a team score of 603 for a tie for sixth-place at the MAC tournament. In basketball, the RedHawks finished the season as the No. 9 seed with a 7-11 MAC record, 15-17 overall record.
For the Reese Trophy, points are awarded based on each school’s finish, with the overall total divided by the number of sports sponsored by each school. The men’s trophy is named for former MAC Commissioner David E. Reese. Reese was the first-ever MAC Commissioner and served the conference from its inception in 1946 until 1964.
2018-19 Reese (Men’s) Final Standings
School, No. Sports, Points, Avg.
Miami, 7 sports, 61.67 points, 8.81 avg.
Buffalo, 7 sports, 60.0 points, 8.571 avg.
Akron, 7 sports, 56.0 points, 8.0 avg.
Bowling Green, 6 sports, 47.5 points, 7.916 avg.
Eastern Michigan, 7 sports, 53.5 points, 7.642 avg.
Western Michigan, 5 sports, 34.0 points, 6.8 avg.
Ohio, 6 sports, 39.92 points, 6.653 avg.
Kent State, 8 sports, 50.76 points, 6.343 avg.
Toledo, 6 sports, 37.5 points, 6.25 avg.
Central Michigan, 7 sports, 41.0 points, 5.857 avg.
Northern Illinois, 7 sports, 39.17 points, 5.595 avg.
Ball State, 6 sports, 28.25 points, 4.708 avg.
