What’s in your wallet?
If you’re the North Carolina women’s athletic program, the answer is a $200,000 check and a shiny new trophy.
The Tar Heels were declared the winner of the 2013 Capital One Cup in June and will receive their award during halftime of UNC’s home football game against Middle Tennessee State Saturday.
The competition honors “each of the best men’s and women’s Division I college athletics programs in the country,” according to the Capital One website.
Programs earn points through NCAA national title wins and final official coaches’ polls. The women’s and men’s teams with the most points of the athletic year claim the cup.
North Carolina racked up its 140 points — 10.5 points above runner-up Stanford — through NCAA championships by the women’s soccer and lacrosse teams and top-five finishes by the tennis and field hockey teams.
“It is recognition of outstanding achievement for our women’s program that has been very good for so many years,” Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham said.
Women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance said the accolade was a University-wide effort.
“Of all the teams that contributed … (it) demonstrates that we’ve got a tremendous collection of student athletes and coaches and administrators here that are committed to success in women’s sports,” Dorrance said.