2014-15 MVC All-Sports Trophy

[WstateU]

How much credit does ADES receive for this excellent performance by Shocker Sport Teams?

Just thank God he's not recruiting... :)

[Ricardo del Rio]

Just thank God he's not recruiting... :)

'79 is gonna have a heart attack, when he sees this picture.

[1972Shocker]

There are only 3 remaining sports in which All Sports points remain to be finalized this year. Baseball and both the Men's and Women's Outdoor T&F Championships. I have the Shocker baseball team going 1-5 over their final 6 games finishing in a 2-way tie for 6th place. According to the Valley form charts at this point as explained by HCSR both the Shocker men and the Shocker women should be the pre-meet favorites in the Valley Outdoor T&F Championships.

Right now I am projecting the 2014-15 All Sports standing will be as follows:

1. Wichita State - 2.43
2. Southern Illinois - 3.97
3. Missouri State - 4.29
4. Indiana State - 4.50
5. Northern Iowa - 4.67
6. Illinois State - 4.85
7. Drake - 5.53
8. Evansville - 6.04
9. Bradley - 6.68
10. Loyola - 7.71

Even if the Shocks finished dead last in baseball and both men's and women's T&F they would still be at 3.53. (BTW Nikki Larch-Miller may very well outscore a couple of the Valley T&F teams all by herself.)

The best anyone else can do I believe is SIU at 3.63 assuming they win all their remaining baseball games and win both Outdoor T&F Championships.

I believe the Shocks have clinched another All-Sports Trophy. The only thing to determine is by how much.

[Royalno5]

I never thought I would see the day when baseball would be one of the weakest links. It's almost embarrassing.

[1972Shocker]

I never thought I would see the day when baseball would be one of the weakest links. It's almost embarrassing.

Well it appears that baseball may very well be the weakest link in the chain this year. To this point our worst finish this year was a 5th place by the women's XC team in the fall. I am projecting that the baseball team will finish in a 2-way tie for 6th place. Theoretically, they could still finish as high as 3rd or as low as 8th.

[Shockersarelife]

Don't forget Taylor Larch-Miller!

[1972Shocker]

Don't forget Taylor Larch-Miller!

Taylor is great but I don't think she is likely to outscore any of the Valley teams by herself. The point I was making was to show how unlikely it would be for the Shocker Track & Field team to finish dead last.

I will say this. Taylor is an integral part of any success Nikki has had and vice versa. Kind of hard to separate the two. I am not sure either one would have had the success they have had without the other. A really special bond these two share. Shocks are extremely lucky to have them.

[1972Shocker]

With their sweep of Evansville this past weekend the Shocker baseball team can finish no worse than 5th and has high as 3rd. The Shocks currently sit in 4th, 1 game behind Bradley and 1 game ahead of Illinois State.

The Shocks finish at Dallas Baptist, Bradley is at Missouri State and Illinois State hosts Indiana State later this week.

[jdmee]

With their sweep of Evansville this past weekend the Shocker baseball team can finish no worse than 5th and has high as 3rd. The Shocks currently sit in 3rd, 1 game behind Bradley and 1 game ahead of Illinois State.

The Shocks finish at Dallas Baptist, Bradley is at Missouri State and Illinois State hosts Indiana State later this week.

I know it was probable just a typo, but the Shocker baseball team actually sits in 4th.

[1972Shocker]

I know it was probable just a typo, but the Shocker baseball team actually sits in 4th.

Yes. Corrected. Thanks.

[1972Shocker]

Here are the final 2014-15 All-Sports standings by my unofficial tabulations:

1. Wichita State - 2.30
2. Southern Illinois - 3.91
3. Missouri State - 4.29
4. Norhern Iowa - 4.43
5. Indiana State - 4.54
6. Illinois State - 5.03
7. Drake - 5.56
8. Evansville - 6.23
9. Bradley - 6.57
10. Loyola - 7.83

The Shockers have now won 9 of the last 12 MVC All-Sports Awards including 3 in a row. Their scores in winning the last 3 years AST have been 2.30, 2.13 and 2.30. Those are the 3 lowest scores in the history of the award.

Congratulations and Thank you to all the great Shocker athletes and coaches for another great year of Shocker sports.

[1972Shocker]

For those interested in details:

Sport	WSU	SIU	MSU	UNI	INS	ILS	DU	EU	BU	LUC
Volleyball	3.00	5.00	4.00	2.00	6.00	1.00	9.00	8.00	10.00	7.00
Women's XC	4.00	3.00	10.00	5.00	7.00	2.00	8.00	9.00	1.00	6.00
Men's XC	5.00	2.00	DNP	8.00	1.00	4.00	6.00	9.00	3.00	7.00
Men's Soccer	DNP	DNP	1.00	DNP	DNP	DNP	4.00	3.00	6.00	5.00
Wmn's Soccer	DNP	DNP	5.00	5.00	7.00	1.00	3.00	2.00	DNP	5.00
M Indoor T&F	2.00	4.00	DNP	6.00	1.00	5.00	7.00	DNP	8.00	3.00
W Indoor T&F	3.00	2.00	6.00	4.00	1.00	5.00	8.00	DNP	7.00	9.00
Swimming/Dvg	DNP	2.00	1.00	5.00	DNP	3.00	DNP	4.00	DNP	DNP
M Basketball	1.00	9.00	8.00	2.00	3.50	3.50	7.00	5.00	10.00	6.00
W Basketball	1.00	5.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	10.00	2.00	7.00	8.00	9.00
Women's Golf	1.00	3.00	2.00	9.00	6.00	4.00	10.00	8.00	5.00	7.00
Men's Golf	1.00	2.50	6.00	2.50	DNP	9.00	8.00	4.50	4.50	7.00
Wmn's Tennis	1.00	4.00	7.00	3.00	DNP	8.00	2.00	5.00	6.00	DNP
Men's Tennis	2.00	4.00	DNP	DNP	DNP	3.00	1.00	DNP	DNP	DNP
M Outdoor T&F	2.00	1.00	DNP	3.00	4.00	7.00	6.00	DNP	8.00	5.00
W Outdoor T&F	1.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	2.00	8.00	7.00	DNP	6.00	9.00
Baseball	3.50	8.00	1.00	DNP	6.50	5.00	DNP	6.50	3.50	DNP
Softball	4.00	5.00	2.00	3.00	8.00	7.00	1.00	10.00	6.00	9.00
Total Points	34.50	62.50	60.00	66.50	59.00	85.50	89.00	81.00	92.00	94.00
No. of Sports	15	16	14	15	13	17	16	13	14	12
Avg Per Sport	2.30	3.91	4.29	4.43	4.54	5.03	5.56	6.23	6.57	7.83
School	WSU	SIU	MSU	UNI	INS	ILS	DU	EU	BU	LUC
Placement	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

[xazshox]

2015 MVC All-Sports Trophy

72, many thx for taking the time to put these facts together.

[1972Shocker]

Recap of Finishes:

1st Place: 6 (4W + 2M)
2nd Place: 3 (0W + 3M)
3rd Place: 2 (2W + 0M)
3rd Tie: 1 (0W + 1M)
4th Place: 2 (2W + 0M)
5th Place: 1 (0W + 1M)

The Shocker women's average finish was 2.25 in their 8 sports and the Shocker men's average finish was 2.36 in their 7 sports.

[WuShock16]

The impact of the Koch Arena renovation cannot be understated as this past school year was the 12th year of operation after the reopening (with the 9 ASTs in that time). The next person inducted into the Shocker HOF needs to be Jim Schaus. The leadership to embark on that endeavor along with the attitude that every sport will be supported is why Shocker Athletics is on this run.

You could almost make argument that the "win at everything" attitude is most impressive. We could put all our eggs into basketball and baseball, giving other sports essentially just enough to exist, and probably would still be doing well financially. Doing well at basically everything is very gratifying.