LEXINGTON, Va. – The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) released the 2021-22 Learfield IMG Directors' Cup spring standings on Thursday and Washington and Lee achieved its highest-ever finish.
 
W&L placed 12th overall among the 438 current NCAA Division III schools with 767.5 overall points.  The Generals tallied 344.5 points during the fall, 155.5.0 points during the winter and 267.5 points across the spring season.
 
Washington and Lee completed the 2018-19 school year with a 17th-place finish, the last season to feature full-season rankings.  The Generals' 12th-place finish this season tops the previous best of 13th in the Directors' Cup standings in 2017-18.
 
Overall, 18 sports are counted in the final Division III standings, four of which must be men's and women's soccer and men's and women's basketball. The next highest (14 max.) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, are used in the standings.
 
Tufts University posted 1080.0 points to win its first Directors' Cup, edging Johns Hopkins (1043.0). Middlebury College (1000.50), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (936.75) and Washington University in St. Louis (922.50) rounded out the Top 5.
 
The Learfield Directors' Cup has been presented since 1995-96 and the Generals have finished Top 50 in the standings 15 times, including each of the last six years featuring full-season rankings. W&L was 47th in 2014-15 and 28th in 2015-16.
 
Washington and Lee won 10 ODAC Championships during the 2021-22 campaign, competing in NCAA Championship competition in 12 different sports during the course of the year.
 
Overall, the Blue & White notched a 218-76-4 (.738) record while also claiming the ODAC Commissioner's Cup for the 20th year in a row.
 
To view the complete overall standings, click here.