USP
Athletics
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2010
Sportsmanship Awards Presented to USP Teams
Philadelphia, Pa. (January 30, 2010) - Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Commissioner Daniel Mara presented the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia the 2008-09 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men’s Team Sportsmanship Award in a ceremony in between games of Saturday's basketball doubleheader against Dominican College. In addition, Mara also presented the 2009 CACC Team Sportsmanship award to the Men's cross country program.
USP President Dr. Philip Gerbino along with representatives of the men's baseball, basketball, cross country and tennis teams were at center court to receive the Men's Sportsmanship Award from Commissioner Mara while Dr. Gerbino, eight members of the men's cross country team and head coach Bob Heller were presented the men's cross country team sportsmanship award from the conference commissioner.
The CACC Men’s Team Sportsmanship Award was first handed out after the 2006-07 season. Each CACC sport hands out a sportsmanship award at the conclusion of its respective season and institutions receive points for each vote it receives throughout the year. The point total for each school is then divided by the number of sports the institution sponsors to determine the overall sportsmanship award winner. One men’s program and one women’s program receives a plaque each year. Nyack College was presented the women's plaque earlier in the season.
In 2008-2009, the USP men’s athletic programs collected team sportsmanship awards in baseball and basketball en route to 17.0 points. Nyack was second with 13.8 points after winning the sportsmanship award in men’s soccer. Felician College was third with 11.6 points and won the golf award, while Goldey-Beacom College was fourth with 8.25 points. Post University took home the award for tennis, while Bloomfield College won the honor in cross country.
Head Cross Country Coach Bob Heller's men's cross country squad earned the CACC Team Sportsmanship Award for 2009-10 in voting done by the conference's 11 coaches. This year marks the third time in the past four seasons that the men's cross country program has earned the CACC Team Sportsmanship Award. Coupled with three sportsmanship awards won by the women's cross country team, the cross country program at USP has won a total of six sportsmanship awards since the program's inception in 2000.
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia sponsors five men’s and five women’s sports within the CACC. Men’s sports sponsored within the CACC are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf and tennis. CACC women’s sports sponsored by USP include basketball, cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball. USP also sponsors a mixed and a women’s rifle team, giving the Devils a total of 12 sports sponsored. The USP rifle teams are members of the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC).
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