Miami Rowing Squad Receives ACC Spring Sportsmanship Award
June 15, 2005
CORAL GABLES, <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Fla. – The Atlantic Coast Conference declared the University of Miami rowing team as one of 11 teams to receive an ACC Spring Sportsmanship Award, it was announced Wednesday. Teams receiving the award have conducted themselves with a high degree of character and good sportsmanship, as determined by a vote of the league’s teams.
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“This award really means a lot to our team as it recognizes some of the most important aspects of organized athletics: integrity, character, honor, and respect,” said head coach Debra Morgan. “I am certainly very proud of our team’s conduct this past season. I think stepping up into the ACC is bringing out excellence on a variety of levels from our athletes.”
In addition to announcing the recipients of the 11 sportsmanship awards, the conference also named WakeForest as the ACCSportsmanshipSchool of the Year by virtue of winning outright sportsmanship awards in four of 18 sponsored sports (22.2%). The Demon Deacons won sportsmanship awards in Field Hockey, Men’s Indoor Track & Field, Women’s Golf and Men’s Outdoor Track & Field. A traveling trophy will be on display at WakeForest for one year.
The conference presents sportsmanship awards for each of its 25 sponsored sports. The concept of these awards was created by the ACC Student Athlete Advisory Committee in an effort to recognize teams who earned the utmost regard from their peers during competition. As is stated in the conference’s Mission Statement, “It [the ACC] strongly adheres to the principles of integrity and sportsmanship, and supports the total development of the student-athlete and each member institution’s athletics department staff, with the intent of producing enlightened leadership for tomorrow.”
Recipients of the spring awards are as follows:
Sport – Recipient
Men’s Tennis – Maryland
Women’s Tennis – Georgia Tech
Men’s Golf – North Carolina
Women’s Golf – WakeForest
Men’s Lacrosse – Virginia
Women’s Lacrosse – Virginia Tech
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field – WakeForest
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field – Georgia Tech
Rowing – Miami
Softball – Maryland
Baseball – FloridaState
