June 16, 2026 - nwacsports.com

The NWAC awards its Athletic Director's Cups (Dr. Maury Ray Cup) to the schools that performs the best in each of the conference's 13 men's and women's championships. Starting with the 2025-26 athletic calendar, the NWAC revamped the award with a new scoring format and splitting the conference into three divisions: the upper, middle, and lower divisions. The upper division consists of schools with 10 or more sports, middle division schools have 7-9 sports, and the lower division programs have six or less sports. The formula consists of weighting each sport based on the number of participating teams, and adding bonus points based on regular season and postseason finishes. Each schools total points are then divided by the number of sports they compete in.

Cups were awarded to winners of the three divisions at the end of the year Hall of Fame Banquet.

At the conclusion of the 2025-26 academic/athletic year, following are the top five schools in each division:

Place	Upper Division (10+ Sports)	Score
1st	Spokane Colleges	0.885
2nd	Lane Community College	0.867
3rd	Umpqua Community College	0.746
4th	Edmonds College	0.741
5th	Clackamas Community College	0.676

Spokane held onto its No. 1 spot thanks to their overall strong performances across six spring sports, highlighted by championships in men's track and field and women's track and field. The Sasquatch also finished third in women's golf, fourth in men's golf and softball, and had a top-eight finish in baseball. On the year, Spokane had four team championships (women's soccer, men's cross country). The Sasquatch held off Lane's furious attempt to take the top spot away. The Titans had a very consistent spring as they finished second overall in all three sports: men's and women's track and field, and baseball. 

Place	Middle Division (7-9 Sports)	Score
1st	Bellevue College	0.883
2nd	Skagit Valley College	0.797
3rd	Columbia Basin College	0.781
4th	Highline College	0.777
5th	Walla Walla Community College	0.775

Bellevue jumped up from fourth place to claim the first middle school division cup in NWAC history, led by their champion women's golf team. The Bulldogs also took second place in men's golf while both their baseball and softball teams qualified for the postseason, each finishing in the top-12. Skagit Valley mainted its second place positioning as they were led by their championship men's golf team while also taking second place in women's golf. 

Place	Lower Division (6 or less Sports)	Score
1st	Lower Columbia College	0.997
2nd	Peninsula College	0.961
3rd	Rogue Community College	0.816
4th	Linn-Benton Community College	0.764
5th	Tacoma Community College	0.744

Lower Columbia shot up the rankings with the highest score of any school across all three divisions for 2025-26. The Red Devils had an incredible spring with their two sports as the baseball team won the 2026 title while the softball team took second place. Overall on the year, LCC also got a second place finish from men's basketball, a top-four finish in women's basketball and a top-12 placement in volleyball. Peninsula finished second as they have no spring sports teams. All four of their teams qualified for the postseason with three earning bonus points for region championships.