The GNAC All-Sports Championship evaluates an institution's overall excellence in athletics over a given year. Scores are based on regular-season finishes in volleyball, men's & women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, baseball, and softball; and conference meet finishes in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's golf and women's rowing. Football was also included from 2002 to 2021, when it was retired as a GNAC sport.
From 2002 to 2016, the All-Sports Championship was based on a raw points system, with teams receiving points in two-point increments based on their finish that season. Since 2017, scoring has been based on the Dormeyer System, which determines an average score for each institution based on its finish in each conference sport and the number of GNAC sports sponsored by each institution.
Here is a history of Northwest Nazarene's finishes in the All-Sports standings from year-to-year dating back to the 2009-10 season. All-Sports standings from 2001-02 to 2008-09 are currently unknown.
| NNU in GNAC All-Sports Championship Standings History |
| Year |
Overall |
Men |
Women |
GNAC Release |
| 2024-25 |
6th (5.72) |
3rd (7.58) |
9th (3.75) |
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| 2023-24 |
6th (6.06) |
6th (6.35) |
6th (5.05) |
Link |
| 2022-23 |
4th (6.92) |
3rd (6.79) |
4th (5.80) |
Link |
| 2021-22 |
5th (6.59) |
5th (6.49) |
5th (5.65) |
Link |
| 2020-21 |
No All-Sports Championship due to COVID-19 |
| 2019-20 |
No All-Sports Championship due to COVID-19 |
| 2018-19 |
8th (5.40) |
6th (5.19) |
7th (4.66) |
Link |
| 2017-18 |
8th (6.00) |
6th (5.36) |
7th (5.69) |
Link |
| 2016-17* |
6th (5.41) |
5th (5.86) |
6th (5.02) |
Link |
| 2015-16 |
6th (142) |
4th (69) |
7th (73) |
Link |
| 2014-15 |
6th (123) |
4th (68) |
7th (55) |
Link |
| 2013-14 |
4th (129) |
6th (58) |
4th (71) |
Link |
| 2012-13 |
7th (121) |
5th (56) |
5th (65) |
Link |
| 2011-12 |
5th (120) |
3rd (57) |
6th (63) |
Link |
| 2010-11 |
4th (125) |
3rd (64) |
6th (61) |
Link |
| 2009-10 |
5th (109) |
4th (50) |
3rd (59) |
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*first year with the Dormeyer System
