List of Horizon League champions

This is an article of Horizon League champions. The Horizon League sponsors 19 sports, 9 men's and 10 women's. This article 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)
 * IUPUI 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)

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)
 * 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)

Men's tennis

 * Belmont Bruins (2022–present)
 * Chicago State Cougars (2022–present; leaving in 2024 for the Northeast Conference)
 * Eastern Illinois Panthers (2022–present)
 * Lindenwood Lions (2022–present; dropping men's tennis after the 2023–24 season)
 * Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (2022–present)
 * Tennessee State Tigers (2022–present)
 * Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2022–present)

Women's tennis

 * Chicago State Cougars (2022–present; leaving in 2024 for the Northeast Conference)

Men's soccer

 * Belmont Btuins (2014–2018)

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, 2017.

Titles per university

 * 1) Milwaukee 133
 * 2) Notre Dame 111
 * 3) Butler 96
 * 4) UIC 70
 * 5) Green Bay 60
 * 6) Detroit 50
 * 7) Loyola of Chicago 50
 * 8) Wright State 43
 * 9) Cleveland State 38
 * 10) Youngstown State 35
 * 11) Evansville 31
 * 12) Oral Roberts 31
 * 13) Xavier 27
 * 14) Oakland 24
 * 15) Valparaiso 20
 * 16) Northern Illinois 10
 * 17) Oklahoma City 7
 * 18) Dayton 4
 * 19) Saint Louis 4
 * 20) La Salle 3
 * 21) Marquette 3
 * 22) Northern Kentucky 2
 * 23) IUPUI 1
 * 24) Duquesne 0

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
 * Milwaukee: 7
 * Notre Dame: 7
 * Oral Roberts: 7
 * Oakland: 6
 * Cleveland State: 2
 * UIC: 2
 * Evansville: 2
 * Wright State: 1
 * Northern Illinois: 1

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)

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)

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

Men's golf
Number of men's golf titles by school
 * Cleveland State: 9
 * Detroit: 7
 * Oral Roberts: 6
 * Wright State: 5
 * Xavier: 4
 * Notre Dame: 3
 * Valparaiso: 1
 * Evansville: 1
 * Loyola: 1
 * Oklahoma City: 1

Men's soccer
Number of men's soccer titles by school
 * Butler: 12 (7 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * UIC: 11 (6 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Milwaukee: 10 (5 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Evansville: 8 (3 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Loyola: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament)
 * Notre Dame: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament)
 * Detroit: 4 (3 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Oakland: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Green Bay: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Xavier: 2 (2 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Saint Louis: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Valparaiso: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Wright State: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Cleveland State: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)

Men's swimming and diving
Number of men's swimming and diving titles by school
 * Wright State: 8
 * Notre Dame: 6
 * Milwaukee: 4
 * Cleveland State: 4
 * Oakland: 4
 * Evansville: 3
 * La Salle: 3
 * Green Bay: 1
 * UIC: 1

Men's tennis
Number of men's tennis titles by school
 * Butler: 9
 * Notre Dame: 7
 * Cleveland State: 5
 * Oral Roberts: 4
 * Green Bay: 3
 * Oklahoma City: 3
 * Valparaiso: 2
 * Evansville: 2
 * Northern Illinois: 2
 * Wright State: 1

Men's track and field
Number of men's track and field titles by school
 * Milwaukee: 32 (16 indoor, 16 outdoor)
 * Notre Dame: 11 (11 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Youngstown State: 6 (3 indoor, 3 outdoor)
 * Detroit: 3 (2 indoor, 1 outdoor)
 * Oral Roberts: 2 (2 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Loyola: 2 (2 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Butler: 1 (1 indoor, 0 outdoor)

Women's basketball
Number of women's basketball titles by school
 * Green Bay: 35 (20 regular season, 15 tournament)
 * Notre Dame: 10 (5 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Milwaukee: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Butler: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Detroit: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Cleveland State: 2 (0 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Wright State: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Xavier: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Evansville: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Loyola: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Northern Illinois: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)

Women's cross country
Number of women's cross country titles by school
 * Butler: 13
 * Loyola: 6
 * Notre Dame: 4
 * Oakland: 3
 * Youngstown State: 2
 * Detroit: 2
 * Dayton: 2
 * Milwaukee: 1

Women's golf
Number of women's golf titles by school
 * Butler: 6
 * Detroit: 3
 * Youngstown State: 3
 * Cleveland State: 1
 * Oakland: 1
 * Loyola: 1

Women's soccer
Number of women's soccer titles by school
 * Milwaukee: 28 (18 regular season, 10 tournament)
 * Notre Dame: 6 (4 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Butler: 5 (4 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Loyola: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament)
 * Wright State: 4 (1 regular season, 3 tournament)
 * Detroit: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Valparaiso: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Oakland: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * IUPUI: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Northern Kentucky: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)

Softball
Number of softball titles by school
 * UIC: 22 (14 regular season, 8 tournament)
 * Notre Dame: 10 (5 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Detroit: 6 (2 regular season, 4 tournament)
 * Loyola: 6 (6 regular season, 0 tournament)
 * Cleveland State: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Wright State: 4 (0 regular season, 4 tournament)
 * Valparaiso: 4 (1 regular season, 3 tournament)
 * Northern Illinois: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Green Bay: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Oakland: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Youngstown State: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)

Women's swimming and diving
Number of women's swimming and diving titles by school
 * Green Bay: 9
 * Notre Dame: 9
 * Wright State: 5
 * Oakland: 4
 * Milwaukee: 3
 * Evansville: 1

Women's tennis
Number of women's tennis titles by school
 * UIC: 17
 * Notre Dame: 7
 * Youngstown State: 4
 * Evansville: 2
 * Green Bay: 1

Women's track and field
Number of women's track and field titles by school
 * Milwaukee: 16 (9 indoor, 7 outdoor)
 * Youngstown State: 16 (6 indoor, 10 outdoor)
 * Detroit: 6 (4 indoor, 2 outdoor)
 * Notre Dame: 4 (4 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Marquette: 3 (3 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Loyola: 2 (1 indoor, 1 outdoor)
 * Oakland: 1 (1 indoor, 0 outdoor)
 * Butler: 1 (1 indoor, 0 outdoor)

Women's volleyball
Number of women's volleyball titles by school
 * Milwaukee: 21 (13 regular season, 8 tournament)
 * Cleveland State: 10 (5 regular season, 5 tournament)
 * Butler: 10 (6 regular season, 4 tournament)
 * Loyola: 9 (4 regular season, 5 tournament).
 * Notre Dame: 8 (4 regular season, 4 tournament)
 * Northern Illinois: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Saint Louis: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament)
 * Oakland: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Dayton: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)
 * Green Bay: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament)