Missouri S&T’s athletic program finished fifth among the 15 institutions in the Great Lakes Valley Conference for the 2010-11 season in the final Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings. The standings are designed to recognize campuses for overall excellence in intercollegiate athletics.
S&T finished 92nd overall among the 284 NCAA Division II institutions, putting it in the top one-third of all schools in the division. S&T scored points in five sports in NCAA championship competition during the most recent year, earning points in men’s soccer, swimming, women’s basketball, men’s track and field and baseball, with the ninth-place finishes recorded by the swimming and men’s soccer teams being the highest among them. S&T finished with 213 points overall.