OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has collected the inaugural Sooner Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup for 2022-23. 

The SAC Commissioner's Cup has been created as a symbol of excellence in athletics representing 16 championships. Member institutions earned points for their finish of each varsity team in those 16 officially recognized conference sports over the previous academic year. 

In 2022-23, the Stars captured six SAC championships in men's cross country, men's wrestling, women's cross country, women's golf, softball and women's outdoor track & field. Oklahoma City took second-place finishes in men's golf, men's outdoor track & field and women's wrestling. OCU tallied 97 points towards the Commissioner's Cup standings, earning 78.9 percent of a possible 123 points. 

"Winning the 2022-23 SAC Commissioner's Cup is a testament to the commitment to excellence exhibited by OCU coaches, student-athletes and administrators," said Corey Bray, Oklahoma City Director of Athletics. "We are proud to have competed at a high level across a broad spectrum of sports within the highly competitive Sooner Athletic Conference. Our student-athletes are more than champions in the classroom, in the community and in competition." 

Texas Wesleyan came in second in the Commissioner's Cup standings. The Rams boasted of five league titles in baseball, football, women's basketball, men's track & field and women's wrestling. Texas Wesleyan accumulated 97 points, finishing second based upon earning 75.8 percent of its possible 128 points. 

Conference schools accumulated points towards the Commissioner's Cup with the highest finishing institution in a given sport collecting the maximum possible points followed by the second highest finisher gaining the next highest possible point total in descending order. Points in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball were awarded based upon the regular-season standings. In cross country, golf, track & field and wrestling, scoring was determined by finish in the conference championship event. 
 
For sports including affiliate members, points were determined by excluding those per-sport member teams and giving the maximum possible points to the highest finishing SAC full member school. The second highest SAC school received the second highest possible points for the sport, etc. 

ABOUT THE SOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE  
   
The Sooner Athletic Conference, founded in 1978 as a five-member conference of Oklahoma-based schools, currently has a 12-member league competing in 18 sports with six members in Oklahoma, four in Texas and one each in Arkansas and Kansas.  
  
Current full members include Central Christian College (McPherson, Kan.), John Brown University (Siloam Springs, Ark.), Langston University (Langston, Okla.), Mid-America Christian University (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma Panhandle State University (Goodwell, Okla.), Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Waxahachie, Texas), Southwestern Christian University (Bethany, Okla.), Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, Texas), University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma (Chickasha, Okla.) and Wayland Baptist University (Plainview, Texas). The University of North Texas Dallas (Dallas) has become the latest addition to the Sooner Athletic Conference.