Conference Carolinas
Brian Hand
Mount Olive owned a Conference Carolinas-best 95.6 rating percentage in collecting the Hawn Cup for the fourth straight year and the sixth time since 2011-12. Mount Olive picked up six Conference Carolinas tournament titles and four regular-season championships in the 2021-22 academic year.
Mount Olive also captured the women’s Hawn Cup after winning four regular-season and four tournament titles. This marks the sixth time since 2011-12 that Mount Olive has been awarded the women’s Hawn Cup.
UNC Pembroke was awarded the men’s Hawn Cup for the first time in its return to the conference after winning the men’s basketball regular-season title and consistently being among the top seeds in the men’s conference standings.
To see the final Hawn Cup standings for the 2021-22 academic year, please visit here.
The Joby Hawn Cup is the annual all-sports award for Conference Carolinas. Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular-season finish and the number of participating teams in each sport. The institution that finishes in first place is awarded points equal to the number of institutions that sponsor the sport. The institution that finishes in second place is awarded one less point than first place, the institution that finishes in third place is awarded one less point than second place and the process continues until the institution that finished in last place is awarded one point.
In addition, bonus points are awarded to the tournament champion (two bonus points) and runner-up finisher (one bonus point). The total points earned from all sports for each institution is divided by the total possible points (excluding bonus points) for each institution based on sports sponsorship for each participating sport. Institutions are ranked by the resulting ratio of points earned to possible points.
The Joby Hawn Cup is named after H.C. “Joby” Hawn, who in 1962 became the first full-time Commissioner of what was then known as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) and now Conference Carolinas. Following his retirement from the league in 1976, Conference Carolinas began awarding the Hawn Cup annually in his honor.
2021-22 Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners
Overall: Mount Olive
Men’s: UNC Pembroke
Women’s: Mount Olive
Previous Conference Carolinas Overall Joby Hawn Cup Winners
2020-21: Mount Olive
2019-20: Mount Olive
2018-19: Mount Olive
2017-18: Limestone
2016-17: Limestone
2015-16: Limestone
2014-15: Limestone
2013-14: Mount Olive
2012-13: Limestone
2011-12: Mount Olive
2010-11: Queens
2009-10: Anderson
2008-09: Anderson
2007-08: Anderson
2006-07: Anderson
2005-06: Pfeiffer
2004-05: Barton
2003-04: Barton
2002-03: Barton
2001-02: Lees-McRae
2000-01: Queens
1999-00: Belmont Abbey
1998-99: Belmont Abbey
1997-98: Queens
1995-96: High Point
1994-95: Pfeiffer
1993-94: High Point
1992-93: St. Andrews
1991-92: UNC Pembroke
1990-91: Pfeiffer
1989-90: High Point
1988-89: UNC Pembroke
1987-88: Elon
1986-87: Elon
1985-86: High Point
1984-85: High Point
1983-84: UNC Pembroke
1982-83: Guilford
1981-82: Elon
1980-81: Elon
1979-80: High Point, Elon
1978-79: High Point
1977-78: High Point
1976-77: High Point
1975-76: High Point
Previous Conference Carolinas Men’s & Women’s Joby Hawn Cup Winners (Started in 2010-11)
2020-21: Women’s – Mount Olive
Men’s – Mount Olive
2019-20: Women’s – Mount Olive
Men’s – Emmanuel
2018-19: Women’s – Mount Olive
Men’s – Mount Olive
2017-18: Women’s – Limestone
Men’s – Mount Olive
2016-17: Women’s – Limestone
Men’s – Limestone
2015-16: Women’s – Limestone
Men’s – Mount Olive
2014-15: Women’s – Limestone
Men’s – Mount Olive
2013-14: Women’s – Mount Olive and Limestone
Men’s – Mount Olive
2012-13: Women’s – Queens
Men’s – Limestone
2011-12: Women’s – Mount Olive
Men’s – Mount Olive
2010-11: Women’s – Queens
Men’s – Queens