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
