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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater finished 11th out of 450 institutions in the 2022-23 National Association of College Directors of Athletics' Learfield Directors' Cup Division III standings.
 
Warhawk teams totaled 793.25 points to place among the nation's top 20 for the 14th consecutive season and among the top 15 for the 13th time during the same span. UWW was the top finisher among Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference institutions.
 
UW-Whitewater scored 156.50 in the fall, 322.50 in the winter and 314.25 in the spring.
 
Six Warhawk programs finished among the top 20 in NCAA action during the spring season led by a seventh-place finish by UWW's men's track and field team that garnered 71.25 points in the Directors' Cup standings. Christian Patzka (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) led the way with an individual national title in the 3,000 steeplechase while Shelvin Garrett II (Beloit, Wis./Memorial) finished as the national runner-up in the triple jump and Gunner Schlender (Brillion, Wis./Brillion) claimed bronze in the 10,000 at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The women's track and field team finished 18th for 55 points while men's and women's tennis and softball all finished 17th to add 50 points. Warhawk women's golf finished 18th at the 2023 NCAA Championships to secure 38 points to UWW's total. 
 
The men's basketball team's run to the NCAA Division III semifinals highlighted the winter season adding 83 points to the program total. The men's track and field team was eighth (69 points) at the indoor championships led by Patzka's national title in the 5,000. The women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 officially finishing ninth to add 64 points. Bolstered by Jaritt Shinhoster's (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Barrington) second individual national championship at 184 pounds, the Warhawk wrestling team claimed 17th at the 2023 NCAA Championships to add 57 points. Gracie Holland (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield) was the indoor national champion in the pole vault to lead UWW women's track and field to a top 25 finish at the indoor championship to bring in 49.5 points. 
 
In the fall, men's cross country and women's volleyball each registered top 10 finishes. The Warhawk men's cross country team, bolstered by a national runner-up finish by Patzka, claimed 10th for 67.5 Directors' Cup points. UWW volleyball advanced to the Sweet 16 to officially finish ninth for 64 program points. Warhawk football added 25 points for its NCAA playoff bid. 
 
The Directors' Cup measures the overall athletic success of collegiate institutions. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 18 NCAA sports – nine women's and nine men's. Men's and women's basketball and men's and women's soccer must be counted among the total.
 
The Directors' Cup did not take place during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
In 2013-14, UW-Whitewater finished second in the Directors' Cup standings, the school's all-time best finish.
 
See below for a year-by-year list of UW-Whitewater's place in the standings.
 
1995-96: 23rd
1996-97: 90th
1997-98: 45th
1998-99: T-47th
1999-00: 15th
2000-01: 21st
2001-02: 39th
2002-03: 26th
2003-04: 25th
2004-05: 23rd
2005-06: 29th
2006-07: 32nd
2007-08: 6th
2008-09: 15th
2009-10: 15th
2010-11: 6th
2011-12: 5th
2012-13: 4th
2013-14: 2nd
2014-15: 6th
2015-16: 8th
2016-17: 6th
2017-18: 20th
2018-19: 15th
2019-20: Canceled
2020-21: Canceled
2021-22: 13th
2022-23: 11th