Liberty Athletics Repeats as VaSID All-State Survey Winner
7/13/2022 11:50:00 AM | General
For the second-straight year, Liberty Athletics had the best overall winning percentage among Division I programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Earlier today, the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) declared Liberty Athletics the winner of the 2021-22 Virginia All-State Sports Championship.
Liberty finished this past athletics year with an overall winning percentage of 65.4 percent (235 wins, 124 losses, one tie).
Liberty's men's athletics programs had a winning percentage of 59.6 percent (87-59-0), while the women's programs had a 69.4 winning percentage (148-65-1). The Lady Flames also finished atop the women's all-sport standings, aided by the most overall wins in the women's all-sport standings.
After having never won the all-state honor previously, Liberty Athletics has been declared the Virginia All-State Sports Championship the last two years.
"We are blessed with incredible support from President Prevo and our University leadership," said Liberty Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "Our coaches, staff and student-athletes have performed exceptionally well over the past two years, and God has shown us much favor."
The last athletics program in the Commonwealth to repeat as VaSID All-State Sports Championships was James Madison in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Liberty Athletics – 2021-22 Season Highlights:
• 74th in the Learfield Director's Cup (second-best in school history)
• Eight conference championships (Men's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Men's Tennis, Field Hockey Softball, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Indoor Track & Field, Women's Cross Country)
• ASUN Overall All-Sports Champion (16th all-sport title in the last 25 years)
• 3.27 Cum GPA (second-best in school history)
• 157 student-athletes graduated
• 269 ASUN Academic Honor Roll members (70.42 percent of Liberty's ASUN student-athletes)
• 65.4 overall athletics department win percentage
• $4.1 million raised by the Flames Club (more than double the previous year's record)
• 16 All-Americans
• Third-straight bowl game win (1 of 5 in the country to win three in the last three years)
• 50 combined wins for MBB and WBB (1 of 22 in the country with 50 combined wins
• 20.58 percent growth on all team social media accounts
• 132,431,458 total tracked impressions on all team social media platforms
• First-ever National Player of the Year (Jill Bolton – Field Hockey)
• First team to appear in an NCAA Division I National Championship game (Field Hockey)
• Second-highest NFL Draft Pick (QB Malik Willis – Third Round)
Virginia All-State Sports Overall Rankings
Liberty (235-124-1/0.654)
VCU (179-95-2/0.652)
Virginia Tech (209-130-6/0.614)
Virginia (256-178-5/0.589)
Old Dominion (169-122-4/0.579)
James Madison (179-131-2/0.577)
Richmond (138-115-1/0.545)
Longwood (144-134-6/0.518)
Norfolk State (127-175/0.421)
William & Mary (88-133-3/0.400)
George Mason (134-202-2/0.396)
Radford (102-174-1/0.370)
Hampton (58-146-1/0.285)
VMI (53-150-2/0.263)
Women's Rankings
Liberty (148-65-1/0.694)
VCU (84-51-0/0.622)
Old Dominion (91-58-1/0.610)
Virginia Tech (108-70-2/0.606)
James Madison (100-78-1/0.561)
Virginia (126-103-2/0.550)
Longwood (83-74-4/0.528)
Richmond (55-55-1/0.500)
Norfolk State (80-116-0/0.408)
George Mason (64-106-1/0.378)
William & Mary (34-63-3/0.355)
Radford (57-104-1/0.355)
Hampton (38-97-1/0.283)
VMI (7-47-1/0.127)
Men's Rankings
VCU (95-44-2/0.681)
Virginia (130-75-3/0.632)
Virginia Tech (101-60-4/0.624)
James Madison (79-53-1/0.598)
Liberty (87-59-0/0.596)
Richmond (83-60-0/0.580)
Old Dominion (78-64-3/0.548)
Longwood (61-60-2/0.504)
Norfolk State (47-59-0/0.443)
William & Mary (54-70-0/0.435)
George Mason (70-98-1/0.414)
Radford (45-70-0/0.391)
VMI (46-103-1/0.310)
Hampton (20-49-0/0.289)
