Led by a men's water polo national championship and a best-ever second place finish by its women's tennis squad, California earned seventh place in the annual U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup standings for 2007-08, matching its best-ever standing from 2005-06. This year marks the fifth time in the last six years that Cal has posted a top-10 finish as well as the eighth time in the last nine years that the Golden Bears have been ranked in the Top 15.

The Directors' Cup measures the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country and awards points based on final national standings in a maximum of 10 NCAA-sponsored sports for both men and women. Rugby captured its 24th national title but because it is not an NCAA-sponsored sport, the Bears did not receive points for that accomplishment.

National Team Champions
Rugby - 24th title, fifth straight, 17 of the past 18 years
Men's Water Polo - 13th national championship, second consecutive
Men's Crew - Freshman Eight


NCAA Individual Champions
Tim McNeill (Men's Gymnastics) - pommel horse, parallel bars
Katie Morgan (Women's Outdoor Track & Field) - pole vault

National Top-10 Team Finishes
Rugby - National Champions
Men's Water Polo -NCAA Champions
Men's Crew - IRAs (2nd)
Women's Tennis - NCAA Championships (2nd)
Women's Crew - NCAA Championship (3rd)
Men's Swimming - NCAA Championship (4th)
Women's Volleyball - NCAA Championship (semifinals)
Men's Gymnastics - NCAA Championship (5th)
Women's Swimming - NCAA Championship (5th)

Other Postseason Participants
Baseball - NCAA Regionals
Men's Basketball - NIT Second Round
Women's Basketball - NCAA Second Round
Men's Cross Country - NCAA Championships
Women's Cross Country - NCAA Regionals
Football - Armed Forces Bowl Champions
Men's Golf - NCAA Regionals
Women's Golf - NCAA Regionals
Women's Gymnastics - NCAA Regionals
Men's Indoor Track & Field - NCAA Championships
Women's Indoor Track & Field - NCAA Championships
Men's Outdoor Track & Field - NCAA Championships
Women's Outdoor Track & Field - NCAA Championships
Men's Soccer - NCAA Second Round
Women's Soccer - NCAA Second Round
Softball - NCAA Super Regionals
Men's Tennis - NCAA Second Round

National Coach of the Year
Rich Feller - Women's Volleyball, Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year

Conference Athlete of the Year
Andrew Jacobson (Men's Soccer) - Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year

Team Conference Champions
Men's Soccer - Pac-10 Champions
Women's Crew - Pac-10 Champions

Conference/Region Coach of the Year
Joanne Boyle (Women's Basketball) - WBCA Region 8
Dave O'Neill (Women's Crew) - West/Pac-10
Barry Weiner (Men's Gymnastics) - MPSF
Theresa Sherry (Lacrosse) - MPSF
Kevin Grimes (Men's Soccer) - Pac-10

Individual Conference Champions
Lauren Boyle (Women's Swimming) - 1650 freestyle
Kimyon Broom (Women's Outdoor Track & Field) - 100-Meter Hurdles
Michael Coe (Men's Indoor Track & Field) - 3,000-meter run
William Copeland (Men's Swimming) - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Cherrelle Garrett (Women's Indoor Track & Field) - 60-meter dash
Alysia Johnson (Women's Indoor Track & Field) - 800-meter run
Alysia Johnson (Women's Outdoor Track & Field) - 800-meter run
Tim McNeill (Men's Gymnastics) - pommel horse, parallel bars
Lauren Rogers (Women's Swimming) - 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
David Russell (Men's Swimming) - 200 backstroke
Dana Vollmer (Women's Swimming) - 100 butterfly
Ed Wright (Men's Indoor Track & Field) - High Jump
Ed Wright (Men's Outdoor Track & Field) - High Jump
Men's Swimming - 200 free relay
Men's Swimming - 200 medley relay
Men's Swimming - 400 medley relay
Women's Swimming - 400 freestyle relay
Women's Swimming - 800 freestyle relay