2022-23 RRAC All-Sports Award

Another year of competition in the books and the results translated into another RRAC All-Sports Award for Our Lady of the Lake. The Saints are the 2022-23 champions and have now tied Houston Baptist for the most awards all-time with nine. They've been crowned following nine of the last 10 years.

The All-Sports Award is given annually to the RRAC athletic program that performs best across the conference's sports in a given academic year. Points are awarded to the top five teams in regular season conference standings using a 10-8-6-4-2 scoring system, while results in conference tournaments and championship events merit additional points on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis. In sports such as tennis, track & field, golf and cross country, postseason team finishes are awarded regular season and postseason points. A sport must have at least four schools participating and compete in an RRAC tournament to qualify for inclusion in point calculations.

While conference competition was completed two weeks ago, the Saints continue to pursue national titles in the NAIA softball and track & field championships. OLLU's softball team was the best in school history with a No. 2 national ranking, a 35-game winning streak, the RRAC regular season title and the conference tournament championship. The Saints piled up additional conference titles in women's cross country, volleyball and men's track & field. They also finished as runners-up in women's track & field and men's golf.

"We are both honored and thrilled to have won this award once again. OLLU takes pride in our competitiveness and sportsmanship, which led to us winning the 2022-2023 All-Sport Award," says OLLU Athletic Director Shane Hurley. "Our coaches have dedicated numerous hours to recruiting the right students to fit the mold of the values that OLLU holds and compete at the highest level in the RRAC. We are grateful for the support and dedication shown to all of our teams from our entire athletic staff and the OLLU community. We look forward to seeing the continuing success that our student-athletes bring this upcoming school year."

Xavier came in a close second again this year with regular season trophies in women's track & field and women's tennis along with the RRAC volleyball and men's basketball tournament wins. The Gold Rush also had second-place finishes in men's cross country and men's track & field.

Texas A&M-Texarkana, which led the all-sports points race before spring sports, placed third overall. The Eagles were the champs of men's cross country, women's soccer and women's basketball.

LSU Shreveport placed fourth despite only competing in six conference sports. The Pilots won regular season championships in men's soccer, men's basketball and baseball.

Louisiana Christian, Houston-Victoria and LSU Alexandria were next in line in the point totals.