Horizon League Titles per universityMilwaukee 147Youngstown State 72Green Bay 66Wright State 60Oakland 52Detroit Mercy 51Cleveland State 49IU Indy 9Northern Kentucky 8Robert Morris4Purdue Fort Wayne1 Locations This is an article of Horizon League champions. The Horizon League sponsors 19 sports, 9 men's and 10 women's. This article is partially updated through the 2024-25 NCAA athletic year while other information is updated through December 22, 2017.
Men's sports Baseball Basketball Cross country Golf Soccer Swimming and diving Tennis Indoor track and field Outdoor track and field
Women's sports Basketball Cross country Golf Soccer Softball Swimming and diving Tennis Indoor track and field Outdoor track and field Volleyball
Membership All years listed reflect the calendar years in which each school joined and left the conference. For schools that participated only in fall sports, the year of departure is the calendar year after the last season of competition. For schools that participated only in spring sports, the year of arrival precedes the first season of competition.
Current members
Cleveland State Vikings (1994–present) Detroit Mercy Titans (1980–present) Green Bay Phoenix (1994–present) IU Indy Jaguars (2017–present) Milwaukee Panthers (1994–present) Northern Kentucky Norse (2015–present) Oakland Golden Grizzlies (2013–present) Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (2020–present) Robert Morris Colonials (2020–present) Wright State Raiders (1994–present) Youngstown State Penguins (2001–present)
Future members Northern Illinois Huskies (2026–present)
Former members Butler Bulldogs (1979–2012) Dayton Flyers (1987–1993) Duquesne Dukes (1992–1993) Evansville Purple Aces (1979–1994) La Salle Explorers (1992–1995) Loyola Ramblers (1979–2013) Marquette Warriors (1988–1991) Northern Illinois Huskies (1994–1997; returning in 2026) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1982–1986, 1987–1995) Oklahoma City Chiefs (1979–1985) Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (1979–1987) Saint Louis Billikens (1981–1991) UIC Flames (1994–2022) Valparaiso Crusaders (2007–2017) Xavier Musketeers (1979–1995)
Current associate members Men's tennis Belmont Bruins (2022–present) Chicago State Cougars (2022–2025) Eastern Illinois Panthers (2022–present) Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (2022–present) Tennessee State Tigers (2022–present) Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2022–present)
Women's tennis Chicago State Cougars (2022–2025)
Former associate members Men's soccer Belmont Bruins (2014–2018) Chicago State Cougars (2022–2024)
Men's tennis Lindenwood Lions (2022–2024)
Sports sponsored Men's School Base Bask CC Golf Soccer Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Cleveland State No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Detroit Mercy No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Green Bay No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No IU Indy No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Milwaukee Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Northern Kentucky Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Oakland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Purdue Fort Wayne No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Robert Morris No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Wright State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Youngstown State Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Women's School Bask CC Golf Soccer Soft Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Volleyball Cleveland State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Detroit Mercy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Green Bay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes IU Indy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Milwaukee Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Northern Kentucky Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Oakland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Purdue Fort Wayne Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Robert Morris Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Wright State Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Youngstown State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sports championship totals This table includes all the championships earned by sport. A "–" denotes that the school never participated in the sport in the conference. These totals are through July 1, 2025.
Men's School Base Bask CC Golf Soccer Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Total Cleveland State 0Cleveland State sponsored baseball from 1995 through 2011. 3 – 10 2 4 9 – – 28 Detroit Mercy 6 5 2 7 4 – 0 2 1 27 Green Bay – 4 0 0 4 1 3 – – 12 IU Indy – 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Milwaukee 7 8 0 – 11 4 0Milwaukee sponsored men's tennis in 1995. 16 16 62 Northern Kentucky 1 4 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 5 Oakland 1 1 3 1 4 12 – 0 1 23Purdue Fort Wayne0Purdue Fort Wayne sponsored baseball from 1972 through 2025.0010 - -001Robert Morris -1 -01 - - - -2 UIC 17 3 0 – 13 1 0 0 0 34 Wright State 17 3 0 9 2 8 1 0 0 40 Youngstown State 2 0 5 0 – – 1 11 9 28 Belmont – – – – 0 – 2 – – 2 Chicago State – – – – – – 0 – – 0 Eastern Illinois – – – – – – 0 – – 0 Lindenwood – – – – – – 0 – – 0 Southern Indiana – – – – – – 0 – – 0 Tennessee State – – – – – – 0 – – 0 Tennessee Tech – – – – – – 0 – – 0
Women's School Bask CC Golf Soccer Soft Swimming Tennis Indoor track Outdoor track Volleyball Total Cleveland State 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 21 Detroit Mercy 3 2 3 3 7 – 0 4 2 – 24 Green Bay 38 0 1 0 3 9 1 – – 2 54 IU Indy 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Milwaukee 4 4 – 35 – 3 0 10 8 21 85 Northern Kentucky 0 0 0 1 1 – 0 0 0 1 3 Oakland 0 6 4 1 3 12 0 1 0 2 29Purdue Fort Wayne00000Purdue Fort Wayne sponsored softball from 1986 through 2025. - -0000Robert Morris01 -01 - -0002 UIC 0 0 0 – 24 0 19 0 0 1 44 Wright State 4 0 – 4 4 5 0 0 0 3 20 Youngstown State 0 2 4 0 1 0 8 13 16 0 44 Chicago State 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Titles per university Milwaukee 147 Notre Dame 111 Butler 96 UIC 78 Youngstown State 72 Green Bay 66 Wright State 60 Oakland 52 Detroit Mercy 51 Loyola Chicago 50 Cleveland State 49 Evansville 31 Oral Roberts 31 Xavier 27 Valparaiso 20 Northern Illinois 10 IU Indy 9 Northern Kentucky 8 Oklahoma City 7 Dayton 4 Saint Louis 4 Robert Morris 4 La Salle 3 Marquette 3 Belmont 2 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 Chicago State 1 Duquesne 0
Sports
All-sport champion
McCafferty Trophy
The James J. McCafferty Trophy is awarded annually by the Horizon League to signify the leagues all-sport champion. Created in 1980, it was named for Jim McCafferty, who served as the first Commissioner of the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League). Schools earn performance points based on their finish in all 19 championship sports the Horizon League offers. For the sports of baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's and women's basketball, points are awarded based on combined regular season and championship finish. All other sports are based on finish in the League championship.
Note, the McCafferty Trophy is not included in the championship totals. Also not all schools sponsor every sport that is calculated into the McCafferty points system.
Number of McCafferty Championships won by school Butler: 8 Oakland: 8 Milwaukee: 7 Notre Dame: 7 Oral Roberts: 7 Cleveland State: 2 UIC: 2 Evansville: 2 Youngstown State: 2 Wright State: 1 Northern Illinois: 1
SeasonChampionPoints1980Oral Roberts29.01981Oral Roberts36.01982Oral Roberts39.51983Oral Roberts43.51984Oral Roberts46.01985Oral Roberts55.01986Oral Roberts46.01987Evansville59.51988Evansville64.51989Notre Dame79.01990Notre Dame76.51991Notre Dame82.51992Notre Dame68.01993Notre Dame94.01994Notre Dame101.01995Notre Dame99.01996Northern Illinois57.01997Butler54.01998Butler59.01999Butler50.02000UIC38.02001Milwaukee53.02002Butler53.02003Butler47.52004Milwaukee48.02005Milwaukee49.02006Milwaukee53.02007Butler/UIC49.02008Cleveland State46.02009Milwaukee49.02010Butler51.52011Butler59.02012Milwaukee45.52013Cleveland State45.02014Milwaukee43.02015Oakland56.02016Oakland62.0 2017Oakland46.5 2018Oakland52.5 2019Wright State43 2020Oakland39 2021Oakland43 2022Oakland56.5 2023Youngstown State51 2024Oakland50 2025Youngstown State41
Men's
Baseball
Number of baseball titles by school UIC: 16 (11 regular season, 5 tournament) Oral Roberts: 12 (6 regular season, 6 tournament) Wright State: 11 (5 regular season, 6 tournament) Notre Dame: 11 (6 regular season, 5 tournament) Milwaukee: 7 (3 regular season, 4 tournament) Detroit: 6 (5 regular season, 1 tournament) Evansville: 6 (4 regular season, 2 tournament) Butler: 5 (3 regular season, 2 tournament) Xavier: 4 (4 regular season, 0 tournament) Valparaiso: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Oklahoma City: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Youngstown State: 2 (0 regular season, 2 tournament) Northern Illinois: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)
SeasonRegular seasonchampionTournamentchampion1981North: Xavier, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1982North: Detroit, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1983North: Detroit, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1984North: Xavier, South: Oklahoma CityOklahoma City1985North: Xavier, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1986North: Detroit, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1987North: Xavier, South: Oral RobertsOral Roberts1988North: Notre Dame, South: EvansvilleEvansville1989North: Detroit, South: EvansvilleNotre Dame1990North: Notre Dame South: EvansvilleEvansville1991EvansvilleNotre Dame1992Notre DameNotre Dame1993Notre DameNotre Dame1994Notre DameNotre Dame1995East: Detroit, West: Notre DameWright State1996ButlerNorthern Illinois1997Wright StateDetroit1998ButlerButler1999ButlerMilwaukee2000MilwaukeeButler2001MilwaukeeMilwaukee2002UICMilwaukee2003UICUIC2004UICYoungstown State2005UICUIC2006UICWright State2007UICUIC2008UICUIC2009UICWright State2010Wright StateMilwaukee2011UICWright StateWright State2012ValparaisoValparaiso2013MilwaukeeValparaiso2014Wright StateYoungstown State2015UICWright State2016Wright StateWright State2017UICUIC
Men's basketball
Number of men's basketball titles by school Butler: 17 (10 regular season, 7 tournament) Xavier: 15 (8 regular season, 7 tournament) Milwaukee: 8 (4 regular season, 4 tournament) Evansville: 7 (5 regular season, 2 tournament) Valparaiso: 7 (5 regular season, 2 tournament) Detroit: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament) Loyola: 5 (3 regular season, 2 tournament) Green Bay: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) UIC: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Oral Roberts: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Wright State: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Cleveland State: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Northern Kentucky: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Dayton: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Northern Illinois: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Oklahoma City: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Oakland: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
SeasonRegular seasonchampionTournamentchampion1980LoyolaOral Roberts1981XavierOklahoma City1982EvansvilleEvansville1983LoyolaXavier1984Oral RobertsOral Roberts1985LoyolaLoyola1986XavierXavier1987EvansvilleLoyolaXavier1988XavierXavier1989EvansvilleXavier1990XavierDayton1991XavierXavier1992EvansvilleEvansville1993EvansvilleXavierXavier1994XavierDetroit1995XavierGreen Bay1996Green BayNorthern Illinois1997ButlerButler1998DetroitUICButler1999DetroitDetroit2000ButlerButler2001ButlerButler2002ButlerUIC2003ButlerMilwaukee2004MilwaukeeUIC2005MilwaukeeMilwaukee2006MilwaukeeMilwaukee2007ButlerWright StateWright State2008ButlerButler2009ButlerCleveland State2010ButlerButler2011ButlerCleveland StateMilwaukeeButler2012ValparaisoDetroit2013ValparaisoValparaiso2014Green BayMilwaukee2015ValparaisoValparaiso2016ValparaisoGreen Bay2017Oakland & ValparaisoNorthern Kentucky2018Northern KentuckyWright State
Men's cross country
Number of men's cross country titles by school Butler: 14 Notre Dame: 10 Loyola: 7 Oral Roberts: 4 Detroit: 2 Oakland: 2 Youngstown State: 2