SKYHAWKS EARN SIXTH CONSECUTIVE OVC GOLF TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
5/3/2019 10:00:00 AM | Golf
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference Team Sportsmanship Award for the sport of men's golf in 2018-19 has once again been awarded to the University of Tennessee at Martin, who nabbed the honor for the sixth straight season.
The Skyhawk golf program is now tied with Jacksonville State softball for the most OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards (seven) by any sport in league history. All seven of UT Martin's golf sportsmanship awards have come in the last eight years.
"It means so much for myself and our student-athletes to receive this award," Skyhawk head coach Jerry Carpenter said. "We always try to put our best foot forward and set a positive example not only on the golf course but in the classroom and in all walks of life. We take pride in representing UT Martin, our athletic department, booster club supporters and community every time we compete."
Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards are bestowed upon the conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff, administrators and fans.
"Without sportsmanship, there are truly no meaningful victories," said Beth DeBauche, OVC Commissioner. "The recipients of the OVC Team Sportsmanship awards should accept this award with great pride for their fellow competitors have made it clear their teams exemplify the best in intercollegiate athletics. In receiving this prestigious honor, other competitors are saying these student-athletes compete with class, respect their opponents and value fair play. That is quite a compliment as those are all traits that will lead to true victories throughout the course of life."
Implemented in August 2005, the OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards are the most recent addition to an awards program that recognizes and celebrates sportsmanship within the conference. In 1998, the league established the Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a male or female student-athlete of junior or senior status who best exemplifies the characteristics of the late Morehead State student-athlete, coach and administrator. Five years later, the conference added the OVC Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to the member institution selected by its peers to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA.
In 1995, the OVC implemented a first-of-its-kind "Sportsmanship Statement", a policy promoting principles of fair play, ethical conduct and respect for one's opponent. The statement answered the challenge of the NCAA Presidents Commission to improve sportsmanship in collegiate athletics, and has become a model for others to follow across the nation.
The Skyhawk golf program is now tied with Jacksonville State softball for the most OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards (seven) by any sport in league history. All seven of UT Martin's golf sportsmanship awards have come in the last eight years.
"It means so much for myself and our student-athletes to receive this award," Skyhawk head coach Jerry Carpenter said. "We always try to put our best foot forward and set a positive example not only on the golf course but in the classroom and in all walks of life. We take pride in representing UT Martin, our athletic department, booster club supporters and community every time we compete."
Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards are bestowed upon the conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff, administrators and fans.
"Without sportsmanship, there are truly no meaningful victories," said Beth DeBauche, OVC Commissioner. "The recipients of the OVC Team Sportsmanship awards should accept this award with great pride for their fellow competitors have made it clear their teams exemplify the best in intercollegiate athletics. In receiving this prestigious honor, other competitors are saying these student-athletes compete with class, respect their opponents and value fair play. That is quite a compliment as those are all traits that will lead to true victories throughout the course of life."
Implemented in August 2005, the OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards are the most recent addition to an awards program that recognizes and celebrates sportsmanship within the conference. In 1998, the league established the Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a male or female student-athlete of junior or senior status who best exemplifies the characteristics of the late Morehead State student-athlete, coach and administrator. Five years later, the conference added the OVC Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to the member institution selected by its peers to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA.
In 1995, the OVC implemented a first-of-its-kind "Sportsmanship Statement", a policy promoting principles of fair play, ethical conduct and respect for one's opponent. The statement answered the challenge of the NCAA Presidents Commission to improve sportsmanship in collegiate athletics, and has become a model for others to follow across the nation.
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