The GSAC has had another highly successful season as seen in the 2012 NAIA Learfield Directors' Cup Standings. In the final standings, the GSAC had 6 teams in the Top 25, with Azusa Pacific finishing in first place for the eighth straight year. Concordia, led by NAIA Coach of the Year Ken Ammann, won the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship to bring the total of NAIA Championships won by GSAC schools to 41.
A complete list of GSAC national champions can be seen at About the GSAC. Concordia's Dan Fisher and Brooke Marino were named NAIA Volleyball Coach and Player of the Year, respectively. Below is a summary of this year's highlights. To see complete award lists for each sport, use the sports links on the left, and then click on Awards.
- NAIA TEAM CHAMPIONS
Concordia – Div. I Men's Basketball
TOP TEAM NAIA FINISHES
The Master's – Men's Cross Country 10th place finish
Azusa Pacific – Women's Cross Country Runner-up
The Master's – Women's Cross Country – 10th place finish
Azusa Pacific – Women's Soccer Semifinalist
Point Loma Nazarene – Women's Soccer Semifinalist
Azusa Pacific – Volleyball Quarterfinalist
Biola – Volleyball Quarterfinalist
Concordia – Volleyball Runner-up
Biola – Men's Basketball Quarterfinalist
Azusa Pacific – Women's Basketball Quarterfinalist
Biola – Women's Basketball Quarterfinalist
Westmont – Women's Basketball Quarterfinalist
Fresno Pacific – Men's Tennis Runner-up
Azusa Pacific – Men's Tennis Semifinalist
Vanguard – Men's Tennis Quarterfinalist
Westmont – Men's Tennis Quarterfinalist
Fresno Pacific – Women's Tennis Semifinalist
Azusa Pacific – Women's Tennis Quarterfinalist
Concordia – Women's Tennis Quarterfinalist
Azusa Pacific – Men's Outdoor Track & Field 2nd place finish
Fresno Pacific – Men's Outdoor Track & Field 9th place finish
Azusa Pacific – Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3rd place finish
NAIA COACHES OF THE YEAR
Dan Fisher, Concordia – Volleyball
Ken Ammann, Concordia – Men's Basketball
NAIA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brooke Marino, Concordia – Volleyball Player of the Year
NAIA LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP STANDINGS
(Final Standings)1st Azusa Pacific 6th Fresno Pacific 7th Concordia 12th Biola 19th Westmont 23rd Point Loma Nazarene 41st Vanguard 114th The Master's
In non-GSAC sports, conference members had top performances. Azusa Pacific was a quarterfinalist in the NAIA Football Championship. Azusa Pacific's Victoria Martinez was the Most Valuable Performer as Azusa Pacific won the NAIA Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship Meet. Fresno Pacific was the NAIA Women's Swimming & Diving Champion, followed by Concordia in fourth and Azusa Pacific in fifth, and in Men's Swimming & Diving, Fresno Pacific and Concordia earned the second and third places, respectively. Ken Dory of Concordia and Peter Richardson of Fresno Pacific were selected as the NAIA Men's and Women's Coaches of the Year, respectively. Fresno Pacific's Cheyenne Coffman was the Women's Swimmer of the Meet and Outstanding Meet Performer. For the second time, Christine Runkle earned the women's diving Outstanding Performer, while fellow Eagle Chris Salgado captured his first-ever men's diving Outstanding Performer honor.
