Liberty Finishes Tops in Virginia in 2020-21 Win Percentage
8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM | General
The best athletics season in Liberty Flames history has led to another first for the athletics department.
For the first time in school history, Liberty is the winner of the overall Virginia All-State Sports Championship as awarded by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID).
The VaSID All-State champion is awarded to the best overall winning percentage of the 14 Division I schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"God abundantly blessed our athletics program, last year," said Ian McCaw, Liberty's Directory of Athletics. "We are grateful for the tremendous support that we received from Dr. Prevo and our leadership. Our coaches, staff and student-athletes performed exceptionally and demonstrated perseverance in the face of unique circumstances."
Liberty finished the 2020-21 athletics season with an overall winning percentag of 70.5 percent (220-90-7), while winning 10 conference championships and a bowl game.
Liberty's men's athletics programs had a winning percentage of 75.0 (101-33-2), while the women's programs had a 67.1 winning percentage (119-57-5).
The James Madison women's sports teams led all women's programs with a 75.6 winning percentage (98-31-2). The Dukes were led by a 41-4 record from the softball team and an appearance in the Women's College World Series.
Football had a season of "firsts" in 2020, including the team's first-ever national ranking, first win over an ACC opponent, the best start in school history (8-0 to start 2020), first-ever win over a top-25 FBS program and back-to-back bowl game wins.
Liberty defeated a pair of ACC foes in Syracuse and in-state opponent Virginia Tech. The two wins made Liberty the first non-Power 5 team to post a pair of wins over Power 5 schools in the same season since Houston in 2015.
The Flames finished the season with a 10-1 record, tying the program's record for wins in a season (Liberty finished the 2008 season with a 10-2 record).
With the Cure Bowl win over its former Big South rival Coastal Carolina, Liberty became the second transitioning team in NCAA history to win consecutive bowl games during its first two full seasons at the FBS level.
Due to the adjustments to most college athletics seasons' schedules because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty's remaining 19 NCAA Division I athletics program competed during the 2021 Super Spring season.
Staring on January 1, 2021, Liberty Athletics competed in 356 athletics events during the Super Spring, capturing 10 conference titles and posting an overall winning percentage of 69.8 percent (196-83-7).
Liberty claimed conference titles in men's basketball, men's golf, men's indoor track & field, men's outdoor track & field, men's tennis, softball, women's cross country, women's outdoor track & field, women's soccer and women's swimming & diving.
2020-21 VaSID All-State Survey Results
1. Liberty - 220-90-7 (.705)
2. James Madison - 142-65-5 (.682)
3. VCU - 144-71-4 (.658)
4. Virginia - 182-139-4 (.566)
5. Richmond - 88-67-1 (.564)
6. ODU - 122-90-5 (.562)
7. Virginia Tech - 153-127-4 (.539)
8. Norfolk State - 88-92 (.489)
9. Radford - 101-126-1 (.445)
10. William & Mary - 58-83-3 (.403)
11. Longwood - 94-136-4 (.402)
12. George Mason - 82-125-4 (.388)
13. VMI - 65-107-2 (.384)
14. Hampton - 15-25 (.375)
Men's All-State Survey Results
1. Liberty - 101-33-2 (.750)
2. VCU - 78-31-2 (.703)
3. Virginia - 113-58-1 (.660)
4. ODU - 73-39-3 (.635)
5. James Madison - 44-34-3 (.562)
6. Virginia Tech - 75-54-4 (.554)
7. Norfolk State - 50-41 (.549)
8. Richmond - 51-42 (.548)
9. Radford - 53-47-1 (.530)
10. Hampton - 11-14 (.440)
11. George Mason - 45-55-3 (.436)
12. VMI - 52-76 (.406)
13. William & Mary - 35-53 (.398)
14. Longwood - 37-64-1 (.363)
Women's All-State Survey Results
1. James Madison - 98-31-2 (.756)
2. Liberty - 119-57-5 (.671)
3. VCU - 66-40-2 (.611)
4. Richmond - 37-25-1 (.587)
5. Virginia Tech - 78-73 (.517)
6. ODU -49-51-2 (.480)
7. Virginia - 69-81-3 (.461)
8. Longwood - 57-72-3 (.432)
9. Norfolk State - 38-51 (.427)
10. William & Mary - 23-30-3 (.411)
11. Radford - 48-79 (.378)
12. George Mason - 37-70-1 (.342)
13. VMI - 13-31-2 (.318)
14. Hampton - 4-11 (.267)
