Big Ten Recognizes 22 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners

Penn State's Melissa Walbridge was named an Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner and helped her team to the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

Penn State's Melissa Walbridge was named an Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner and helped her team to the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

June 4, 2008

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Park Ridge, Ill. - The Big Ten today announced the 22 student-athletes named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2007-08 academic year. These individuals were chosen from a group of 275 student-athletes honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship.

One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree. From each university's list, two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected. All of the Sportsmanship Award honorees have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, theses student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

The 22 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners include 14 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and eight All-Big Ten selections from the 2007-08 season. In addition, Christy Finch of Northwestern lacrosse and Melissa Walbridge of Penn State women's volleyball led their respective squads to national championships.

The 2008 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school can be found by clicking the link at the top of the story.

2008 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners

                                Illinois                    J Leman, Sr., Football

Shannon McDonnell, Sr., Women's Soccer

Indiana                  Andrew Means, Jr., Baseball

Vera Neuenswander, So., Women's Track & Field

Iowa                       Bart van Monsjou, Sr., Men's Tennis

                                Brittany Keyes, Sr., Rowing

Michigan                Michael Parke, Sr., Men's Soccer                                    

Krista Clement, Sr., Women's Basketball

Michigan State     Drew Neitzel, Sr., Men's Basketball

                                                                Alisa Wulff, Sr., Women's Basketball

Minnesota             Amir Pinnix, Sr., Football

Kelly Roysland, Sr., Volleyball

Northwestern       Tonjua (T.J.) Jones, Sr., Football

                                                                Christy Finch, Sr., Lacrosse

Ohio State             Kyle Coconis, Sr., Men's Golf

                                                                Veronica Jatsek, Sr., Women's Track & Field

Penn State            Mike Walker, Sr., Men's Basketball

                                Melissa Walbridge, Sr., Volleyball

Purdue                   Jaycen Taylor, Jr., Football

                                                                Brooke Beier, Sr., Women's Tennis

Wisconsin             Luke Swan, Sr., Football

                                Audra Jeffers, Jr., Volleyball


 

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