Read other points of distinction including #2 for alumni satisfaction according to the Alumni Factor, #27 Forbes best Colleges, #5 Newsweek's return on investment, #7 on Payscale's list of Graduate's Salary potential, a Top producer of Fulbright Scholars and one of highest ratios of US Congress members to student enrollment. http://offices.holycross.edu/about/distinction
Holy Cross has National Championships in Basketball, Baseball And Football:
1952 NCAA Baseball Champions The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I College World Series (CWS) involved 8 schools playing in double-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college baseball. It began on June 12, and ended with the championship game on June 17. A total of 15 games were played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
The tournament participants were selected by the NCAA baseball committee, with one team coming from each of the eight NCAA districts.
The College of the Holy Cross won the national championship with an 8-4 victory over the University of Missouri in front of 6,914 fans.
Senior pitcher Jim O'Neill of Holy Cross was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player.
1. Holy Cross 2. Appalachian St. 3. La.-Monroe 4. UNI 5. Idaho 6. Ga. Southern 7. Eastern Ky. 8. James Madison 9. Jackson St. 10. Weber St. 11. Western Ky. 12. Arkansas St. 13. Maine 14. Marshall 15. Youngstown St. 16. North Texas 17. Richmond 18. Howard 19. Sam Houston St. 20. Delaware St. *The Patriot League did not allow its members to participate in the 1AA playoffs during its early years so the Crusaders were prevented from their inevitable triumph in the playoffs. However, it was clear to most that Holy Cross was the best 1AA football team in the Nation in 1987. They finished first in the National polls; the Sporting News declared them National Champions, Head Coach Mark Duffner was named the Eddie Robinson Award National Coach of the Year and Holy Cross dominated every team they played:
Army 34-24
Lafayette 40-11
Lehigh 63-6
Colgate 49-7
Dartmouth 62-23
Bucknell 48-10
Brown 41-0
Massachusetts 54-10
Harvard 41-6
William & Mary 40-7
Villanova 39 -6 (Nationally Televised on ESPN)
OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS: Holy Cross Men's Ice Hockey scores greatest upset in College Hockey History by beating #1 Minnesota 4-3 in OT.
