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AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas officially concluded its 2021-22 athletics year on Sunday, as Baseball ended its season with a tie for seventh place at the College World Series. The Longhorns recorded four NCAA Championships this year, tying the school record for most team titles in a single season set in 1985-86. UT also earned six NCAA Championship runner-up finishes to secure a school-best 10 top-two finishes.

It was announced last week that UT has earned enough points to clinch the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup for the second-straight year. Texas snapped Stanford’s 25-year stronghold on the award last year and now joins the Cardinal as the nation’s only programs to win it in back-to-back years.

The Longhorns registered NCAA team titles in Men’s Indoor Track and Field, Women’s Tennis, Rowing and Men’s Golf. The titles marked back-to-back NCAA Championships for Women’s Tennis and Rowing, the fourth national crown for Men’s Golf, and UT’s first-ever National Championship in Men’s Track and Field.

Texas also set a single-season school record with six NCAA runner-up team finishes in Women’s Indoor Track and Field, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Softball, Men’s Outdoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field. Of the school’s 20 intercollegiate programs, the Longhorns posted 10 top-two NCAA team finishes, topping UT’s previous mark of five set during the 1988-89 season. Additionally, UT’s Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country program was named the USTFCCCA John McDonnell Men’s Program of the Year for its final finishes across all three seasons.

Texas produced 12 top-five and 14 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships during the recent academic year. It marks the most NCAA top-five team finishes by the Longhorns since Texas added Rowing as a varsity sport in the 1997-98 season (previous was nine in 2020-21). It is also the most NCAA top-10 team finishes by the Longhorns, eclipsing the previous record of 13 achieved in both 2020-21 and 2002-03.

The Longhorns posted top-10 NCAA performances in Volleyball (tied for fifth), Women’s Basketball (tied for fifth), Baseball (tied for seventh) and Men’s Tennis (tied for ninth). It is notable that with Baseball and Softball both advancing to the College World Series, Texas was one of only two schools to advance to the final eight teams of the NCAA Championship tournament in those sports. The Longhorns added NCAA top-25 showings in Women’s Golf (13th), Men’s Cross Country (14th) and Men’s Basketball (tied for 17th).

In addition to its success on the national level, UT earned 11 Big 12 Conference titles during the 2021-22 season: Volleyball, Men’s Indoor Track and Field, Women’s Indoor Track and Field, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Basketball (tournament), Women’s Tennis (tournament), Women’s Golf, Rowing, Women’s Outdoor Track and Field and Men’s Outdoor Track and Field. UT has captured a league-best 205 all-time Big 12 Championships (53 regular season and 152 postseason) through the completion of the 2021-22 season.

Most NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics in a Single Season

Most Runner-up Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics in Single Season

Most top-two Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics

Most top-five Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics

(since UT added Rowing as varsity sport starting in 1997-98)

Most top-10 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics

(since UT added Rowing as varsity sport starting in 1997-98)

All University of Texas NCAA Finishes in 2021-22

Most Number of Big 12 Conference championships in a Single Season

(includes regular season and postseason combined)

Most Number of Big 12 Conference championships in a Single Season by Texas

(includes regular season and postseason combined)