HUDSONVILLE, Mich. -- In the winter update of the 2023-24 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Commissioner's Cup race, Hope College maintains the lead thanks to top-three finishes in all six of the winter sports that the institution sponsors.

The winter update is an unofficial look at the MIAA Commissioner's Cup standings.  The award is based on the cumulative performance of each member school in the league's 23 sports: 11 in women's sports and 12 in men's sports.  Each school counts its top eight finishes by gender.  The winter update includes each team's MIAA finish in eight men's (four fall, four winter) and seven women's sports (four fall, three winter).

The Flying Dutch/Dutchmen earned MIAA Championships in women's swimming and diving, women's indoor track and field, and women's basketball for a total of 98.5 points.  Hope was the runner-up in both men's swimming and diving and men's indoor track and field, while finishing third in men's basketball on the way to garnering 50 points through six winter sports.

Calvin University is currently second in the running with a total of 88.5 points thanks to top-three finishes in five of the six winter sports that the institution sponsors.  The Knights won the MIAA Championship in men's swimming and diving and clinched the co-championship title in men's basketball while totaling 46 points this season.

Trine University remains third with 76.5 points after the winter season.  The Thunder won the MIAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship and shared the men's basketball regular-season title.  Trine also had top-three finishes in both women's basketball and women's indoor track and field.

Albion College is shortly behind in fourth place with 74.5 points, thanks to top-three finishes in men's indoor track and field, wrestling, and women's swimming and diving.

Alma College is currently in fifth place with 58.5 points.  Adrian College (49.5 points) has the edge over The University of Olivet (47 points) for sixth place.  Kalamazoo College is ranked eighth with 46.5 points and Saint Mary's College is ninth with 11.5 points.