Northeast-10 Announces Spring Sportsmanship
Award Recipients



Friday, June 1, 2007 

For Immediate Release:

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South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference has announced the recipients of its spring 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.

Bryant University, Saint Anselm College and Saint Michael’s College each received two sportsmanship awards for the spring season. Bryant has been awarded the 2006-07 Northeast-10 Sportsmanship Awards in the sports of Baseball and Men’s Outdoor Track & Field, while Saint Anselm was the recipient of the Sportsmanship Awards in Men’s Lacrosse and Men’s Tennis. Saint Michael’s earned the Sportsmanship Awards for Men’s Golf and Women’s Tennis.

American International College received the Sportsmanship Award in the sport of Women’s Lacrosse and Bentley College was awarded the Sportsmanship Award for Softball. Stonehill College was the recipient of the Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Sportsmanship Award.

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. This award is presented to the team that best exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conducts themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and class.

In June, one of the 15 conference institutions will receive the ‘Northeast-10 Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award’ by the conference Senior Women Administrator (SWA) council. 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.