TURLOCK, Calif. – Cal State San Marcos Athletics placed third in the 2025-26 CCAA Robert J. Hiegert Commissioner's Cup standings. The award was announced at the conference's annual spring Executive Council meetings on Wednesday, June 3.
The award, named in honor of former long-time Commissioner and CCAA Hall of Famer Robert J. Hiegert, is given to the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) member institution with the highest aggregate ranking in eight of the CCAA's 13 championship sports.
"We are extremely proud to finish in the top three for the CCAA Commissioner's Cup this past year," CSUSM Director of Athletics
Morod Shah said. "This is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and resiliency of our amazing student-athletes, coaches and staff here at San Marcos. We always strive to be the best at what we do, and we are excited to keep growing and improving year over year. Congratulations to our entire department and CSUSM."
With 85.72 points, CSUSM finished 1.99 points behind second-place Chico State and 8.21 points behind winner Cal Poly Pomona. The Cougars won two spring championships in softball and women's golf, adding to their top-3 finishes in baseball, men's cross country, men's golf, and women's track & field.
CSUSM had the largest jump in the standings from last season, going from eighth at 66.51 points to third at 85.72 points.
The Cougars have now finished in the top three in four of the last five years.
An institution's Hiegert Cup ranking is calculated using its top two Conference finishes in the fall, winter, and spring sports seasons, as well as the next two highest finishes, regardless of the season. The specific number of points garnered per sport is determined by the number of institutions sponsoring the sport.
| 2025-26 Robert J. Hiegert Commissioner's Cup Standings |
| 1 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
93.93 |
| 2 |
Chico State |
87.71 |
| 3 |
Cal State San Marcos |
85.72 |
| 4 |
Cal Poly Humboldt |
73.56 |
| 5 |
Cal State East Bay |
72.51 |
| 6 |
Cal State LA |
70.90 |
| 7 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
70.73 |
| 8 |
Stanislaus State |
65.35 |
| 9 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
62.81 |
| 10 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
57.88 |
| 11 |
San Francisco State |
27.24 |
| 12 |
UC Merced |
20.33 |
