GREENVILLE, S.C. – The UNC Pembroke athletics department continued to rake in honors on Wednesday afternoon when the Braves were announced as winners of the Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup for the fourth consecutive season, while also bringing home the men's sports Joby Hawn trophy.  
 
The Braves picked up 77.1 percent of its maximum points across the athletic season to win the overall Hawn Cup and stayed ahead of Belmont Abbey who finished second in the overall race with 74.2 percent of its possible points. The Black & Gold won the Hawn Cup trophy for men's sports for the fourth time since rejoining Conference Carolinas by collecting 83.1 percent of its maximum points, and out-paced Converse who finished in second place with 78.2 percent of its maximum points.
 
On the women's side, the Braves took fourth place accumulating 67.6 percent of the maximum points, as Belmont Abbey won the women's trophy for the first time with 75.9 percent of the maximum points.  
 
The Joby Hawn Cup is the annual all-sports award for Conference Carolinas. Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular season finish and the number of participating teams in each sport. In addition, bonus points are awarded to the tournament champion (two bonus points) and runner-up finisher (one bonus point). The total points earned from all sports for each institution is divided by the total possible points (excluding bonus points) for each institution based on sports sponsorship for each participating sport. 
 
Wednesday's release marked the seventh time that UNCP has picked up the Hawn Cup. The Braves also claimed the conference's biggest athletic prizes following the 1983-84, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 athletic seasons. The 1991-92 campaign was the last for UNCP as a member of both the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the then-Carolinas Conference. The Braves rejoined the league prior to the start of the 2021-22 campaign. 
 
The athletics department has now raked in 18 Conference Carolinas tournament titles since rejoining the league. The Black & Gold have also collected 10 Conference Carolinas East Division titles along with six regular season championships as well.  
 
On the men's side, the cross country team tallied its fourth consecutive Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship, while men's basketball took home the Conference Carolinas East Division title. The wrestling team also collected the Conference Carolinas East Division title.

On the women's side, swimming brought home the program's third-straight Conference Carolinas Championship.
 
The Joby Hawn Cup is named after H.C. "Joby" Hawn, who in 1962 became the first full-time Commissioner of what was then known as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) and now Conference Carolinas. Following his retirement from the league in 1976, Conference Carolinas began awarding the Hawn Cup annually in his honor.