182.00 total points in 2006–07. Shorter ended the campaign ranked No. 87, and a 13th-place finish in softball is all that kept Shorter from finishing in the triple digits. That all changed a year later. Shorter shot up 66 spots to No. 21 with 509.25 points in the 2007–08 final standings behind a record spring that resulted in six programs accounting for 356.25 points. The Hawks dipped to No. 33 in 2008–09, but ascended to No. 11 in 2009–10, finishing for the first time ahead of perennial power and rival Lee University to end the year as the top rated member of the Southern States Athletic Conference. A fourth-place finish in women's outdoor track and field, fifth place in softball and sixth place in men's track and field paved the way for Shorter's highest Directors’ Cup finish to date that resulted in 587.25 points. Shorter climbed all the way to No. 3 last year thanks in large part to its indoor and outdoor double in men's track, setting the stage for a record setting 2011–12 year that helped Shorter depart the NAIA with a bang. The Hawks placed third in 2010–11 on the shoulders of men's indoor and outdoor track and field national championships and 11th in 2009–10. In addition, track and field head coach, Scott Byrd, was named the NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field National Coach of the Year after the indoor title, and won his second National Coach of the Year honor for the outdoor crown. Notable alumni Vivian Louise Aunspaugh, Texas painter and art teacher Jamie Barton, opera singer Marilyn Lloyd, Tennessee businesswoman and politician Anthony O'Garro, professional soccer player Martin Scott, businessman, educator, and politician Moeed Yusuf, the 9th National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Emma Lewis Lipps, American botanist and professor of Earth sciences Notes References External links Official athletics website Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Universities and colleges affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention Educational institutions established in 1873 Buildings and structures in Floyd County, Georgia Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Buildings and structures in Rome, Georgia Education in Floyd County, Georgia 1873 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Liberal arts colleges in Georgia (U.S. state) Private universities and colleges in Georgia (U.S. state) History of women in Georgia (U.S. state)