BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State Athletics placed second in the 2024-25 Mountain East Conference Commissioner's Cup standings, which is the league's annual award that recognizes overall athletic excellence among its membership. The second-place finish is the highest finish in the MEC Commissioner's Cup standings in Fairmont State history.

Fairmont State swept the MEC men's and women's basketball championships and won the Acrobatics & Tumbling title in an across-the-board impressive year in athletics. The Falcons' softball team also finished first in the North Division. Additionally, the baseball, men's swimming, men's and women's tennis teams finished second in their respective MEC Tournaments.

The Commissioner's Cup standings are compiled utilizing 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).

The University of Charleston claimed its third-straight first-place finish after posting an all-sports rating of 0.95405. Glenville State University rounded out the top three with an all-sports rating of 0.56725 to take shome third.
 

2024-25 Mountain East Conference Commissioner's Cup Standings (Final)	MEC Sports	Points	Possible	All-Sports Rating
University of Charleston	19	176.5	185	0.9540541
Fairmont State University	17	115.5	157	0.7356688
Glenville State University	17	97.0	171	0.5672515
Frostburg State University	21	106.5	192	0.5546875
West Liberty University	20	107.0	193	0.5544041
West Virginia Wesleyan College	21	99.5	197	0.5050761
Point Park University	15	76.5	155	0.4935484
West Virginia State University	17	83.0	169	0.4911243
Concord University	16	80.5	165	0.4878788
Davis & Elkins College	21	89.5	194	0.4613402
Wheeling University	21	75.0	197	0.3807107
• 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 in 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

* 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.