COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Thanks to a number of high finishes in a bevy of NAIA National Championships in 2011-12, Lindsey Wilson College athletics finished the academic year fifth in the NAIA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.

The finish is No. 5 on the Lindsey Wilson College athletics' Top-22 of 2011-12.

The fifth place finish is the second highest mark for Lindsey Wilson -- LWC finished third in 2005-06.

The all-sports competition -- sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) -- allows schools to score in 12 sports (six male and six female) based on their finish during the national championships.

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More about No. 5…

• The Blue Raiders scored 700 points.
• Lindsey Wilson men's soccer scored the most points (100) for their national title.
• Wrestling added 80 points in the winter and women's tennis provided 70 points in the spring.
• Lindsey Wilson scored in all 12 sports.
• 279 schools completed in the Learfield Cup in 2011-12.
• Lindsey Wilson has finished in the Learfield Cup's top-10 in six of the last eight years.