The 2022-23 academic year proved to be a record-setting one for The University of Scranton Athletics Department as the Royals captured the Landmark Conference Presidents’ Trophy for the second time in history.
Scranton won a Landmark-record eight conference championships and every team competed in postseason play for the first time in school history.
The Royals previously won the trophy during the 2019-20 campaign and they have registered a top-three finish in each of the last four years.
"The 2022-23 academic year for Scranton athletics will go down as the most successful year in school history! Capturing the Landmark Presidents' Trophy is the icing on the cake," Executive Director of Athletics Dave Martin said.
"I am incredibly proud of the culture we have built in the Athletics Department. This award is a result of a tremendous amount of hard work, commitment and dedication from our student-athletes, as well as our coaches. We would also like to thank our parents, alumni and friends of our program who all had a hand in making this season such a success!"
“The 2022-23 academic year for Scranton athletics will go down as the most successful year in school history!”
– Executive Director of Athletics Dave Martin
In 2022-23, Scranton won conference titles in men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s cross country and men’s golf.
To accompany their staggering eight championships, the Royals posted runner-up finishes in baseball, women's indoor track and field, women's swimming and diving and volleyball.
Scranton recorded a total of five NCAA Tournament victories and qualified in women’s soccer for a second consecutive Sweet 16.
Volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball all won first-round contests.
The Landmark Presidents' Trophy is awarded based on a formula that rewards institutions for regular season conference standings, as well as results, in Landmark postseason competition. The point structure was revised in the summer of 2016 with different point hierarchies for team and individual sports, but the maximum number of points any team can earn is 15. The total number of points each institution earns is divided by the number of Landmark sports sponsored to determine the average.
In addition to the eight Landmark championships, graduate student Jessica Hoffmann qualified for NCAA Championships in both cross country and indoor track and field and became the first two-time NCAA qualifier in women’s cross country program history.
By virtue of her 29th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, Hoffmann earned All-American honors and was one of seven Scranton student-athletes to receive All-American honors this year, along with junior Katie Redding (field hockey), graduate student Jackson Danzig (men’s basketball), freshman Kaci Kranson and senior Bridget Monaghan (women’s basketball), senior Christopher Crapanzano (men’s lacrosse) and junior Corey Zientek (baseball).
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Read ArticleIn 2022-23, Scranton won conference titles in men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, shown, women’s cross country and men’s golf, shown.
