SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The University of Wisconsin-Superior currently sits in first place in the 2024-25 Jerome Kruse Trophy Standings, the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced Wednesday.
 
The award is in honor of Jerome Kruse, athletic director at Martin Luther and Northwestern. The trophy, first awarded in the 1996-97 season, recognizes the top athletics department in the UMAC each year.
 
UW-Superior has accumulated 47 points this fall, picking up a conference-leading four championships in men's and women's cross country and men's and women's soccer.
 
The Yellowjackets maintain a four-point cushion over Northwestern, who secured the football, volleyball and women's golf titles for 43 points. Crown follows in third with 31.5 points, while Bethany Lutheran and Martin Luther share fourth with 27 points apiece.
 
The league is rounded out with Minnesota Morris in sixth (24.5), while North Central sits in seventh (18.5) and Northland in eighth (4.5).
 
Superior won the Kruse All-Sport Trophy for the first time during the 2021-22 season, while repeating in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.