CLEVELAND – The Trinity University athletics department, led by Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics
Bob King, finished 14th in the Learfield Directors' Cup for the 2025-26 school year.
This year marks the ninth overall time that Trinity has finished in the top 15 in the prestigious rankings, with the points based on a school's finish in NCAA Championship events over the year. The Tigers compiled a school-record 765.5 points overall this year, with the spring sports accounting for 238.0 of those points. It is also the first time Trinity has finished in the top 15 since the 2007-08 season.
Individual qualifier
Annabelle Lanik (Sugar Land, Texas / St. John's) finished third in the long jump for women's track & field, earning the team a 37th-place finish and 32 total points. Lanik brought home All-American honors for the second time this semester after also finishing third in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships during the winter sports season.
Trinity softball made a triumphant return to the NCAA Playoffs for the first time since 2007, finishing 37th nationally and chipping in with 37.5 points for the Tiger program. Trinity shared the SAA Regular Season Championship and finished third at the SAA Tournament. The Tigers earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Playoffs and also finished third at the Seguin Regional.
The Tiger women's tennis team, after sweeping the Southern Athletic Association Regular Season and Tournament Championships, advanced to the NCAA Second Round and contributed 50 points to the overall total.
Men's golf qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second straight season and just missed the cut for the second year in a row. The Tigers were third at the SAA Tournament but still earned a bid, finishing 19th at nationals to pick up 54.5 points.
The men's tennis team had the best finish of the spring, advancing to the third round of the NCAA Playoffs to finish tied for ninth nationally with 64 total points. The Tigers were runners-up in the SAA Regular Season and the SAA Tournament but received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Trinity has finished in the top 25 in the Learfield Directors' Cup each of the past five seasons, marking the 19th time in the past 31 years that the Tigers have reached that goal.
