Nine Members Honored with SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards

5/12/2016 12:12:01 PM

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RICHARDSON, Texas - Nine American Southwest Conference member institutions were recognized by the 13 conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committees as recipients of ASC-SAAC Team Sportsmanship awards for the spring 2016 sport season.

The SAAC Team Sportsmanship award honors the member institution in each ASC championship sport that best displays positive qualities of sportsmanship and fair play from its student-athletes, coaches and fans throughout the season. The spring 2016 awards are presented in baseball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s track and field with each of the 13 campus SAACs voting within the sports it sponsors.

Hardin-Simmons University and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor led all ASC members with four awards each. Concordia University Texas, East Texas Baptist University, Howard Payne University, University of the Ozarks each collected two awards while LeTourneau University, Sul Ross State University and The University of Texas at Tyler had one each.

Four sports had single team winners. Hardin-Simmons received its third award in baseball (2016, 10’, 09’), Mary Hardin-Baylor was credited with its third honor in men’s golf (2016, 13’, 08’), Univ. of Ozarks picked up its second consecutive honor in East Division women’s tennis (2016, ’15) and Concordia Texas was received its first award in men’s track and field.

Softball was too close to call as four teams shared honors for the 2016 season. East Texas Baptist received its fifth award (2016, 15’, 14’, 11’, 10’), Mary Hardin-Baylor and Univ. of Ozarks each picked up their first honors and Sul Ross State received its fourth (2016’, 13’, 11’, 10’).

In men’s tennis the West Division collected three awards as Concordia Texas and Howard Payne each picked up its first honor and Mary Hardin-Baylor picked up its third (2016, 11’, 10’).

Women’s golf, men’s tennis East Division, women’s tennis West Division and women’s track and field each awarded co-honors.

In women’s golf Hardin-Simmons received its second straight award (2016, 15’) and Mary Hardin-Baylor picked up its first. In men’s tennis East Division LeTourneau collected its fourth award (2016, 14’, 12’, 10’) and UT Tyler received its second (2016, 13’).

In women’s tennis West Division Hardin-Simmons landed its fourth award (2016, 11’, 10’, 08’) and Howard Payne received its first honor. In women’s track and field East Texas Baptist took home its first award and Hardin-Simmons received its third (2016, 14’. 09’).

The ASC SAAC Team Sportsmanship award is presented for the ninth year during the 2015-16 sport seasons.

American Southwest Conference Spring 2016 SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards
Presented by the 13 ASC Student-Athlete Advisory Committees
Baseball: Hardin-Simmons
Men's Golf: Mary Hardin-Baylor
Women's Golf: (co) Hardin-Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Softball: (quad) East Texas Baptist, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Ozarks, Sul Ross State
Men's Tennis, East Division: (co) LeTourneau. UT Tyler
Men's Tennis, West Division: (tri) Concordia Texas, Howard Payne, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Women's Tennis, East Division: Ozarks
Women's Tennis, West Division: (co) Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne
Men's Track & Field: Concordia Texas
Women's Track & Field: (co) East Texas Baptist, Hardin-Simmons

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