June 04, 2025
SWAC Commissioner’s Cup
By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) awarded two of its top three all-sports
awards to the Alabama State University Athletics Department for the program’s outstanding
performance during the 2024-2025 season.
ASU won SWAC’s coveted “James Frank Commissioner’s Cup” and the “Sadie Magee/Barbara
Jacket Award” for the third year in a row. The Hornets barely missed winning all of
SWAC’s awards by a margin of just over three-points, coming in second place for SWAC’s
“C.D. Henry Award.”
Dr. Jason Cable, ASU’s Vice President and Director of Athletics (A.D.), shared that
he couldn’t be more proud of ASU’s accomplishments.
“We are ecstatic about the University winning two of the three SWAC all-sports awards
for the 2024-2025 season,” stated Dr. Cable. “Good athletic programs are student-athlete
centered, coach driven and administratively assisted.”
AWARD CRITERIA
The all-sports awards are determined by how individual teams finish in league-sponsored
sports. The programs are awarded a point value, and at the end of the season, the
schools with the highest points win the all-sports awards.
ASU has won the SWAC’s Commissioner’s Cup nine of the last 12 years. This season,
Hornets teams far out-paced other programs, winning league titles in Cross Country,
Women’s Indoor Track and Field, Men’s Basketball (tournament), Women’s Golf, Men’s
Tennis (regular season/tournament) and Women’s Tennis (regular season).
ASU Athletics has won the Sadie Magee/Barbara Jacket Award for the last three consecutive
years and for the 10th time in the last 11 years.
WORKING TOGETHER
Cable explains that it takes many people working together to achieve this level of
success.
“I am extremely proud of The Alabama State University’s student-athletes, coaches
and everyone involved in making this type of victory happen,” shared Dr. Cable. “I
also want everyone to know that the leadership and encouragement that we receive from ASU’s
President, Dr. (Quinton T.) Ross, allows us to do so well and make history happen
again and again.”
