​Mount Union is the highest-ranked Ohio Athletic Conference athletic program in the final Learfield Directors’ Cup Division III standings for the 2025-26 school year.The Purple Raiders finished 60th nationally in the standings, which measures overall athletic department success based on the school’s NCAA Championships performance across a variety of sports.Junior utility player Sydney Mercer is hitting .460 this season for Mount Union’s softball team.Mount Union totaled 314.5 points. The Purple Raiders scored 172 points during the spring season when the softball team qualified for the NCAA Division III College World Series, the men’s golf team reached the NCAA Championships and the baseball and women’s golf teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament.Mount Union’s football, men’s basketball and women’s wrestling teams also earned points from their NCAA appearances during the fall and winter seasons.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Canton Repository sports department can be contacted via email at sports@cantonrep.com.This article originally appeared on The Repository: Mount Union leads OAC schools in Learfield Directors’ Cup standings