Alongside our corporate partner the Investors Group, the Department of Athletics at the University of Windsor is pleased to present the IG Champions Cup.
 
The IG Champions Cup is a department trophy that's awarded each year to the Lancer varsity team that best exemplifies what it takes to be a champion in the classroom, on the playing field and throughout the community.
 
Lancer varsity teams gain points towards the IG Champions Cup throughout the year based on a variety of contributing factors including team athletic success, academic achievements, individual conference and league accolades and team community involvement initiatives.
 
The points breakdown for the IG Champions Cup is as follows:
 

FACTOR	POINTS AWARDED
Conference Finish	1st place 40 points, 2nd place 35 points, 3rd place 30 points, 4th place 25 points, 5th place 20 points
Conference Improvement	10 points for each position a team moves up in the standings from the previous year.
CIS and OUA Team Championships	U SPORTS Championship – 30 points, OUA Championship - 20 points
Individual Accolades (NOTE: all-Canadians, all-star, and academic all-Canadian points awarded up to a max of 3 per team)	U SPORTS Athlete of the Year - 40 points, U SPORTS Major Award - 30 points, U SPORTS all-Canadian 25 points, U SPORTS Academic all-Canadian  25 points, OUA Athlete/Player of the Year - 25 points, OUA major award/all-star 20 points, OUA or U SPORTS Rookie of the Year 15 points, U SPORTS all-rookie team 10 points, U SPORTS or OUA Athlete of the Week 10 points, OUA Team of the Month 10 points, OUA or U SPORTS All-Rookie Team 10 points, OUA Play of the Week or UWindsor Athlete of the Week 5 points
Team Academic Success (NOTE: points awarded based on final first semester marks)	Team Average over 80% GPA – 100 points, over 75% GPA – 75 points, over 70% GPA - 50 points, over 65% GPA - 25 points
Community Service (NOTE: points awarded up to max of 5 different events per season)	25 points for each community service event or charitable program that a Lancer team participates in throughout the year

2025-26 Winner: Men's Hockey

2026-27 Standings 

Women's Basketball	105
Women's Track & Field	50
Men's Track & Field	50
Football	55
Cross Country	40
Women's Soccer	35
Curling	25
Men's Volleyball	25
Women's Volleyball	25
Men's Basketball	25
Men's Hockey	30
Women's Hockey	30
Softball	65
Men's Soccer	25
Baseball	5
Golf	0

AUGUST
August 31 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Olivia Corazza from Women's Soccer & Colby Ginn from Lancer Football!

SEPTEMBER
Sept 6 - A huge thank you to members of the Lancer Track & Field, Men's Basketball, Women's Hockey, Men's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Curling, Men's Hockey, Cross Country, and Women's Volleyball teams for helping on UWindsor move-in day!

Sept 8 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Izzy Barrette from Women's Soccer & Weagbe Mombo from Lancer Football!

Sept 9 - Izzy Barrette from Women's Soccer has been named the OUA Athlete of the Week!

Sept 13 - Members of the Women's Basketball team volunteered at the Subaru Half Marathon 

Sept 14 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Elise Stammler from Softball & Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football!

Sept 18 - Members of the Women's Basketball team participated in the Rosa Yellow Brick House Fundraiser for Women and Kids of Domestic Violence

Sept 20 - Members of the Lancer Track & Field teams and the Women's Basketball team, volunteered at the Terry Fox Run in Tecumseh! 

Sept 21 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Izzy Barrette from Women's Soccer, Owen Scott from Men's Soccer & Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football!

Sept 22 - Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football has been named the OUA Athlete of the Week!

Sept 28 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Ava Merritt from Softball, Alyshia Alkerton from Cross Country & Stephen Vavoulas from Baseball!

Sept 29 - He did it again! Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football has been named the OUA Athlete of the Week!

OCTOBER
October 5 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Olivia Corazza from Women's Soccer, Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football, Alyshia Alkerton and Samara Quanz from Cross Country, and Chloe Jones from Softball. 

October 13 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Colby Ginn from Lancer Football, Ryan Hickson from Men's Soccer, and Tia Nelson from Softball. 

October 17 - All-Star Alert! Jacqueline Pento & Chloe Jones have been named OUS Softball all-stars! Great job Lancers!

October 18 - Men's Soccer finished the season 8th overall in the west division - up one spot from the previous season. 

October 19 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Zoey Penny from Women's Soccer, Max Donoso from Men's Hockey, Jayde Melhuish-McGahan from Softball, Nick Zanon from Men's Soccer, and Rebecca Noble from Women's Hockey. 

October 26 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Derek Anderson from Lancer Football and Jodie-Rachel Pierre from Women's Basketball!