Sportsmanship Winners (& Softball Update)

Just to be sure everyone's up-to-date...the Softball Championship was scheduled to start at 10am this morning, but has been pushed back two hours due to heavy rains overnight in the Radford area. Sooooo...your new start times are approximately 12pm, 2:30, 5pm, and 7:30, all starting with Charleston Southern (4) against Gardner-Webb (5) at high noon!

While I've got everyone, I want to touch on something we didn't get to in the last couple of posts: SPORTSMANSHIP. Some of you are already skeptical, but bear with me...

See, the topic of good sportsmanship is naturally part of what athletics--and particularly collegiate athletics--is all about, and has a fundamental role in what the Big South Conference does...so much so, there are even honors awarded to teams recognized for sportsmanship!

The winter results were recently announced:

2008-09 Big South Team Sportsmanship Award Winners
Women’s Basketball:................Presbyterian
Men’s Basketball:....................Gardner-Webb, VMI
Women’s Indoor Track:.............Gardner-Webb, High Point
Men’s Indoor Track:.................VMI

Now add in the results from the fall...
Football:..............................VMI
Volleyball:............................Liberty
Men’s Soccer:........................Radford
Women’s Soccer:....................Liberty
Men’s Cross Country:................High Point, VMI
Women’s Cross Country:............Liberty

...with the spring sports to be added at the end of the season.

This year marks the fourth season for the Big South Team Sportsmanship Awards. Big South Conference teams vote on their top three choices for best sportsmanship (and cannot vote for themselves).

VMI has won 16 team awards and all three overall awards since the program began. Keydets, we salute you!!!