Case Western Reserve University recorded its highest-ever finish in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings, finishing the year 23rd among all NCAA Division III programs.

The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in the NCAA Championships.

The Spartans finished the year with 589 total points, a 92-point increase over last year's previous program-best total of 497 points. It marks the fourth straight year that CWRU has set a new high for Directors' Cup points.

Five different CWRU teams reached the NCAA Championship in the spring to add 265 points to the department's total, marking its highest-scoring single season ever. Men's tennis (fifth place, 73 points), softball (seventh place, 73 points), women's tennis (ninth place, 64 points), baseball (17th place, 50 points), and women's track and field (75th place, five points) each added to CWRU's point total in the spring.

CWRU was ranked 31st after the fall after receiving points from the three fall teams that reached the NCAA Championships - women's soccer (17th, 50 points), men's soccer (17th, 50 points), and volleyball (33rd, 25 points) - in addition to the men's cross country team, which placed fifth at the NCAA DIII Great Lakes to earn 32 additional points. The department was ranked 33rd after the winter with scoring finishes from men's basketball (ninth, 64 points), women's swimming and diving (13th, 63 points), and men's swimming and diving (33rd, 40 points).

CWRU's 12 scoring teams in the 2023-24 academic year are also the most in the department's history.

While the Learfield Directors' Cup finish put a bow on the end of the 2023-24 season for the Spartans, it was one of just many highlights during the campaign for the department. Twenty-five CWRU athletes received All-America honors, more than any other year in school history, while 14 Spartans have earned Academic All-America status with baseball, softball, wrestling, and track & field still yet to name their teams. Baseball, softball, and men's basketball each won UAA Championships during the 2023-24 year.