SCAC Announces Fall 2023 SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards

SCAC Announces Fall 2023 SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards

SUWANEE, Ga. - Five Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference fall sports programs were recognized by the league as recipients of the SCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Team Sportsmanship award in balloting conducted following each sport's respective season.   

The SCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee instituted the award prior to the 2016-17 academic year to honor the team that best portrays good sportsmanship and fair play from the players and coaches during the season. The fall awards are presented in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball.

Four of the five programs receiving recognition this fall are now multi-time Team Sportsmanship honorees, with the Texas Lutheran University women’s cross country program earning the distinction for the first time in school history.  

In men’s cross country, Colorado College earned the team sportsmanship honor, followed by Trinity University and Texas Lutheran. This year marks the second time the CC men’s cross country program has earned the award, previously earning recognition in 2018. On the women’s side, Texas Lutheran was honored for the first time in program history. Trinity and Colorado College finished second and third, respectively.

In men’s soccer, Colorado College took top sportsmanship honors, followed by Austin College and Texas Lutheran, who finished second and third. CC is just the second program to win multiple men’s soccer sportsmanship honors, last winning in 2021, joining Schreiner University who has won the award three times in 2016, 2017 and 2020-21.  

In women’s soccer, Southwestern University became the first three-time winner in the sport having previously won back-to-back honors in 2019 and 2020-21. Schreiner was voted runner-up followed by Centenary College in third.

And in the sport of volleyball, Texas Lutheran University received top honors for the second-straight year. The Bulldogs are the first program to win back-to-back accolades in volleyball since Centenary accomplished the feat in 2017 and 2018. Trinity took home second and Colorado College was slated third.

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Fall 2023 Team Sportsmanship Award Winners

Men's Cross Country: Colorado College
Women's Cross Country: Texas Lutheran University
Men's Soccer: Colorado College
Women's Soccer: Southwestern University
Volleyball: Texas Lutheran University

The awards were voted on by each member institution's SAAC, with each individual group ranking the top three teams in each sport. First-place selections were awarded five points, second place earned three points and third place earned one point. Points were then totaled to select the conference's overall winner.

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