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 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

2024-25 Winner: Women's Volleyball

2025-26 Standings 

Women's Track & Field	50
Men's Track & Field	50
Women's Basketball	25
Men's Basketball	25
Curling	25
Baseball	25
Women's Volleyball	25
Men's Volleyball	25
Women's Hockey	25
Women's Soccer	25
Football	25
Men's Soccer	10
Softball	10
Golf	10
Men's Hockey	5
Cross Country	5

AUGUST
August 31 - A huge thank you to members of the Lancer Track & Field, Men's Basketball, Women's Hockey, Men's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Curling, and Women's Volleyball teams for helping on UWindsor move-in day!

SEPTEMBER
Sept 2 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Izzy Barrette from Women's Soccer & Mateo Nepszy from Men's Soccer!

Sept 8 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Avery Comartin from Women's Soccer & Kareame Cotton from Lancer Football!

Sept 9 - Avery Comartin from Women's Soccer was named the OUA Athlete of the Week! Amazing!

Sept 10 - Men's Soccer's Matthew Chimenti's goal against Waterloo was named the No. 3 Play of the Week in the OUA! 

Sept 15 - Shout out to Lancer Track & Field for volunteering at the Terry Fox Run in Tecumseh! Thank you for your support of a great cause! 

Sept 15 - Congratulations to our Lancer athletes of the week - Chloe Jones from Softball & Brady Lidster from Lancer Football!

Sept 22 - Congratulations to Jacob Fitzpatrick from Cross Country and Jayde Melhuish-McGahan from Lancer Softball on being named Lancer Athletes of the Week!

Sept 29 - Congratulations to Kailyn Robertson from Women's Soccer and Brady Lidster from Lancer Football who have been named Lancer Athletes of the Week!

OCTOBER
October 1 - Brady Lidster from Lancer Football has been named the OUA Athlete of the Week for his record breaking performance over the weekend! Congratulations Brady!

October 6 - Congratulations to Max Donoso from Men's Hockey and Kennedy Fremlin & Tyler Hurtubise from Lancer Golf who have been named Lancer Athletes of the Week!