Northeast-10 Announces Second Annual Fall
Sportsmanship Award Recipients
Thursday, December 6, 2007
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South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference has
announced the recipients of its second annual Fall 2007
Sportsmanship Awards. The awards program, which honors one team
from each of the conference’s 23 championship sports that has
exemplified the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conducted
themselves with a higher degree of integrity, character and class.
The awards were decided upon by a vote of each of the
conference’s teams head coach, team captain and Student
Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative in their
respective sports.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell topped other Northeast-10
Institutions with a record four Fall Sportsmanship awards. The
River Hawks received honors in Men’s Golf, Women’s
Cross Country, Volleyball and shared the award for Field Hockey
with American International College.
Saint Anselm College received the Sportsmanship Award in the sport
of Football and Bryant University was awarded the Sportsmanship
Award for Men’s Cross Country. Stonehill College was the
recipient of the Men’s Soccer Sportsmanship Award, while Le
Moyne College was garnered with the Sportsmanship Award in
Women’s Soccer.
The Northeast-10 awards one team from its 23 championship sports
with a ‘Team Sportsmanship Award’ at the end of each
season’s championship segment.
In June, one of the 15 conference institutions will receive the
‘David R. Brunk Institution of the Year Sportsmanship
Award’ as voted on by the conference Senior Women
Administrator (SWA) council. Last year, Saint Anselm was selected
as the award recipient. In addition, Webster Bank will make a
donation annually to the institutional award winner’s Boys
& Girls Club in the name of the school.
Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the
Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic
conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any
Division II conference.



























