St. Bonifacius, MN - The UMAC announced the final standings for the Jerome Kruse award today. Crown finished 6th just one point away from fifth place.

The Jerome Kruse Memorial Award is in honor of Mr. Jerome Kruse, long-time athletic director of Northwestern College (Wis.) and later Martin Luther College. Mr. Kruse's life ended early and because of his dedication to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and to the student-athlete the award was created in honor of him.

The annual award travels to the college with the most points accumulated by the place finishes of the college's athletic teams in the final standings of 18 conference sponsored sports. Points are awarded based on the teams finish within conference play. 

Here are the full standings:
 

School	MCC	WCC	FB	MSC	WSC	VB	MGF	WGF	MBB	WBB	MITR	WITR	BB	SB	MTN	WTN	MOTR	WOTR	Total
Bethany Lutheran College	5	6		7	6	4.5	5	2	8	3	4	6	8	8	4	2.5	1	5	85	2nd
Crown College	4		2	5	4	1	6	5	3	4	2	4	5.5	5	1.5	1	2	1	56	6th
Martin Luther College	7	7	1	1	4	4.5	1	1	1	1	5	3	1	2	3	2.5	5	7	57	5th
North Central University	2	4		3	1	2	4		4.5	7	3	1	2	1			3	2	39.5	7th
Northland College	3	1		6	2	3	2	4	2	2			3	3.5					31.5	8th
University of Minnesota Morris	6	3	3	4	4	6	3	7	4.5	5.5	6	5	5.5	3.5	1.5	4.5	4	4	80	3rd
University of Northwestern	1	2	4	2	7	8	7	6	6	8	1	2	4	6	5	6		3	78	4th
University of Wisconsin-Superior	8	5		8	8	7	8	3	7	5.5	7	7	7	7	6	4.5	6	6	110	1st

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