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BRIDGEPORT – The University of Charleston has won the 2025-26 Mountain East Conference Commissioner’s Cup, the league’s annual award that recognizes overall athletic excellence among its membership. UC has won nine consecutive Commissioner’s Cup titles and 11 overall since the MEC began competition in 2013-14.
The Commissioner’s Cup standings are compiled using an “all-sports rating.” This rating is determined by a formula that awards points to a school for its regular season finish equal to the number of teams per sport sponsored by the MEC, and then divided by the number of sports offered by the institution. The final rating is a percentage of points acquired against the number of points available (average percentile finish in the standings of each sport sponsored by an institution). A bonus point is given for winning the conference tournament (in applicable sports).
Charleston’s all-sports rating of 0.9784946237 topped runner-up Glenville State and third-place Frostburg State. The Golden Eagles won conference championships in football as co-champs, men’s cross country, men’s soccer, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s indoor track & field, women’s indoor track & field, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s outdoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field. They also won tournament championships in women’s basketball and baseball.
Glenville State won the women’s basketball regular season title and was co-champions in the South Division in softball while also claiming the tournament championship.
Frostburg State was co-champions in football, had the highest-scoring MEC women’s team at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference/Mountain East Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, won both the women’s lacrosse regular and tournament titles, and was co-champions of the North Division in baseball.
| 2025-26 Mountain East Conference Commissioner’s Cup Standings (Final) | MEC Sports | Points | Possible | All-Sports Rating |
| University of Charleston | 19 | 182.0 | 186 | 0.9784946237 |
| Glenville State University | 17 | 116.0 | 173 | 0.6705202312 |
| Frostburg State University | 21 | 125.0 | 194 | 0.6443298969 |
| Fairmont State University | 19 | 109.0 | 179 | 0.6089385475 |
| West Liberty University | 20 | 108.0 | 195 | 0.5538461538 |
| Point Park University | 17 | 92.5 | 171 | 0.5409356725 |
| Concord University | 16 | 84.1 | 166 | 0.5066265062 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 21 | 91.5 | 198 | 0.4621212121 |
| Wheeling University | 21 | 89.0 | 199 | 0.4472361809 |
| Davis & Elkins College | 21 | 85.0 | 197 | 0.4314720812 |
| West Virginia State University | 17 | 60.0 | 170 | 0.3529411765 |
- The MEC conducted 23 championships during the 2024-25 athletics season.
•Points are awarded based on the number of institutions that sponsor a sport. First place receives the number of points equal to the number of teams, last place receives one point.
• Ties are not broken, and points are equally shared among teams that tie in the standings EXCEPT in sports with divisional play and conference championship situations.
• An extra point is given to conference tournament champions in applicable sports.
•The ‘All-Sports Rating’ is the total number of points that an institution compiles divided by the number of sports offered.
•The rating is a percentage of points acquired vs. number of points available.
All-Time Commissioner’s Cup Winners
2013-14: University of Charleston
2014-15: Wheeling Jesuit University
2015-16: University of Charleston
2016-17: West Va. Wesleyan College
2017-18: University of Charleston
2018-19: University of Charleston
2019-20*: University of Charleston
2020-21^: University of Charleston
2021-22: University of Charleston
2022-23: University of Charleston
2023-24: University of Charleston
2024-25: University of Charleston
2025-26 University of Charleston
* Only 15 of the league’s 23 sports were completed in 2019-20 due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of spring sports.
^ Only 21 of the league’s 23 sports were completed in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 protocols. The men’s and women’s indoor track & field championships were canceled. All sports were contested in the spring of 2021.
