GCU wins 5th straight Commissioner’s Cup

Grand Canyon continued its reign atop the Western Athletic Conference with another historic achievement, securing its fifth consecutive WAC Commissioner’s Cup for the 2024-25 academic year.
 
GCU registered 116.8 points to win the cup — awarded to the conference’s top-performing athletic department — for the seventh time overall.

Lopes teams won seven conference championships including two programs that swept regular-season and tournament championships: softball and women’s basketball.

The softball team made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. GCU debuted in the top 25, won an NCAA Tournament game for the third straight year and went 47-8 overall with a 21-2 mark in conference play.

Women’s basketball won its first titles in program history, posting a 32-3 season to debut in the NCAA Tournament with a tight loss to Baylor in the opening round.

In addition to those teams’ four titles, GCU teams also brought home tournament championships in men’s basketball and women’s tennis and another championship in men’s indoor track and field. Men’s golf earned an at-large selection into NCAA Regionals.

 

Since becoming postseason eligible in 2017, GCU has won all seven WAC Commissioner’s Cups for fully completed seasons (the COVID-shortened 2019-20 race only included nine sports). No other program has claimed more than three WAC Commissioner’s Cups.

Men’s tennis and women’s soccer also made appearances in the championships games of WAC Tournament play to add additional points to GCU’s ledger.