SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Last year, UW-Superior won the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Jerome Kruse All-Sports Trophy for the first time, and the trophy is going to be staying in Superior for another year.nThe UMAC announced in a release Wednesday UW-Superior has won the award for the second year in a row.

The Yellowjackets accumulated 110 points in 2022-23, claiming the title by a whopping 25 points over second-place Bethany Lutheran College.

The award began in the 1996-97 season and is named after Mr. Jerome Kruse, a longtime athletic director at the former Northwestern (Wis.) and Martin Luther. It travels to the full-member institution with the most points accumulated by the place finishes of the college's athletic teams in the final standings of 18 conference-sponsored sports.

UW-Superior won 11 UMAC regular season and playoff championships in 2022-23, including men's cross country, men's golf, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's indoor track and field, women's indoor track and field, men's tennis, men's outdoor track and field and softball. Men's soccer and women's soccer each won both the UMAC regular season and playoff titles.

The University of Minnesota Morris placed third with 80 points. Northwestern (78 points), Martin Luther (57), Crown (56), North Central 39.5) and Northland (31.5) rounded out the Kruse trophy standings.