By: Jeff Evans, Assistant AD for Athletic Communications
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – For the fifth consecutive year, and 17th time in 23 years, Western Washington University claimed the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship.
Overall, it is the 17th GNAC All-Sports trophy for WWU since the league was founded in 2001-02. The trophy is designed to reward the top overall athletic performance by an institution within the confines of GNAC play in a given academic year. The GNAC All-Sports trophy has been awarded 23 times since the conference's inception, with no trophy given during the COVID-impacted 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years.
The Vikings won 11 total GNAC trophies (10 regular-season titles) during the 2025-26 academic year, garnering 9.38 points to top the overall school leaderboard. WWU also claimed the men's all-sport title with 8.28 points and the women's all-sport title with 9.03 points. Central Washington finished second in the overall standings well behind WWU with 6.96 points and Simon Fraser was third with 6.82 points.
WWU won 10 regular-season GNAC titles – highlighted by the men's and women's cross country and track & field program sweeping all six championships. The Vikings extended their streak to 20 consecutive crowns across the three sports dating back to the spring of 2023.
The women's basketball team won the regular-season title for the seventh time and third in the last five seasons and the women's soccer team won its conference-best 11th regular-season title. The men's golf program and women's rowing program added spring GNAC titles and the softball team claimed its third consecutive GNAC Tournament title.
The GNAC All-Sports Championship evaluates an institution's overall excellence in athletics over a given year. Scores are based on regular-season finishes in volleyball, men's & women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, baseball, and softball, and conference meet finishes in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's golf and women's rowing.
In addition to the great success at the conference level, 12 of WWU's 15 intercollegiate varsity programs had representation at the NCAA Division II Championships level, highlighted by women's rowing winning its 10th national title, the women's soccer team making their 12th NCAA Tournament in the last 13 seasons and the men's golf team claiming the West Regional championship.
GNAC ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS
Here is a look at the scoring breakdown and conference championships for each school in 2025-26:
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OVERALL
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MEN
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WOMEN
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1.
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Western Washington
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9.38
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1.
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Western Washington
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8.28
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1.
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Western Washington
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9.03
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2.
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Central Washington
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6.96
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2.
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Western Oregon
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6.41
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2.
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Alaska Anchorage
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6.99
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3.
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Simon Fraser
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6.82
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3.
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Northwest Nazarene
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6.29
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3.
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Simon Fraser
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6.93
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4.
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Alaska Anchorage
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6.30
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4.
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Central Washington
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6.26
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4.
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Central Washington
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6.77
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5.
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Western Oregon
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6.12
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5.
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Seattle Pacific
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5.78
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5.
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Western Oregon
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4.91
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6.
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Northwest Nazarene
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6.01
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6.
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Simon Fraser
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5.31
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6.
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Seattle Pacific
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4.90
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7.
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Seattle Pacific
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5.56
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7.
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Alaska Anchorage
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5.04
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7.
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Northwest Nazarene
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4.71
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8.
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Saint Martin's
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4.42
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8.
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Alaska Fairbanks
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4.25
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8.
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Alaska Fairbanks
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4.17
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9.
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Alaska Fairbanks
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4.20
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9.
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Saint Martin's
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4.02
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9.
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Saint Martin's
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4.01
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10.
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Montana State Billings
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3.28
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10.
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Montana State Billings
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3.45
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10.
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Montana State Billings
|
2.95
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2025-26 GNAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS BY SCHOOL
- Western Washington (10): Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Men's Indoor Track & Field, Women's Indoor Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Men's Golf, Women's Rowing
- Saint Martin's (2): Men's Basketball, Softball
- Simon Fraser (2): Volleyball, Women's Golf
- Central Washington (1): Volleyball
- Alaska Anchorage (1): Volleyball
- Alaska Fairbanks (1): Volleyball
- Seattle Pacific (1): Men's Soccer
- Northwest Nazarene (1): Baseball
- Western Oregon (1): Men's Soccer
THE GNAC ALL-SPORTS TROPHY
This marks the 23rd year the GNAC All-Sports Trophy has been awarded since conference was formed in 2001-02. WWU has placed in the top two in the conference in all 23 seasons, including winning top honors 17 times. There was no award presented in 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the global pandemic.
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Year
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WWU Finish
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2001-02
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1st
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2002-03
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1st
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2003-04
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1st
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2004-05
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1st
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2005-06
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2nd
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2006-07
|
2nd
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2007-08
|
2nd
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2008-09
|
1st
|
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2009-10
|
1st
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2010-11
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1st
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2011-12
|
1st
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2012-13
|
1st
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2013-14
|
1st
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2014-15
|
1st
|
|
2015-16
|
1st
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2016-17
|
2nd
|
|
2017-18
|
2nd
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|
2018-19
|
2nd
|
|
2019-20
|
---
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2020-21
|
---
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2021-22
|
1st
|
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2022-23
|
1st
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2023-24
|
1st
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2024-25
|
1st
|
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2025-26
|
1st
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ABOUT THE GNAC ALL-SPORTS TROPHY
The GNAC All-Sports Championship is determined using a unique points system, which gives each school an average score based on its finish in each conference sport and the number of GNAC sports sponsored by each institution. The averages are based on regular-season finishes in football, volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball and conference meet finishes in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's golf and women's rowing. From 2002 to 2016, the All-Sports Championship was based on a raw points system, with teams receiving points in two-point increments based on their finish that season. Since 2017, scoring has been based on the Dormeyer System, which determines an average score for each institution based on its finish in each conference sport and the number of GNAC sports sponsored by each institution.
