2025-26 Ron Case Cup Scholarship Division Final Standings

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference schools have finished in the top 10 of the 2025-26 Ron Case Cup presented by Daktronics Scholarship Division, recognizing overall program excellence in two-year colleges.

The competition, which is organized by the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA), saw Barton Community College finish as the highest-KJCCC school after finishing tied for second with the College of DuPage, with both schools securing 167.5 total points. Both the Cougars and Chaparrals trailed only Ron Case Cup winner Iowa Western Community College, which won the Scholarship Division with 179 total points.

Following last year’s eighth-place finish, Cowley College made a two-spot improvement to finish sixth this year with 145 total points, finishing ahead of seventh-place finisher and KJCCC member Hutchinson Community College, which finished with 138.5 points. Other KJCCC member schools recognized for finishing in the top 30 of the Scholarship Division include Butler with a 12th place finish (100.5 points), along with Johnson County who scored 78 total points to finish in 21st.

Colleges in each division are allowed to use their top five finishes per gender at their highest level of competition to earn points for the Ron Case Cup presented by Daktronics. The champions of each competition score 20 points, second place scores 19, third place 18, etc.

This is the eighth year that Daktronics has sponsored this award in conjunction with NATYCAA. The award was renamed during the 2024-25 season to the Ron Case Cup in honor of former NATYCAA president Ron Case (1999-2000), who served as Director of Athletics at Rowan College at Gloucester County for 25 years and stewarded the Cup program from its inception in 2004 through June 2024.

About NATYCAA: Now in its 39th year, NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college athletics administrators and membership open to all two-year institutions from throughout the country. NATYCAA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 61st year. For more information on NACDA and the 19 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.