Conference Carolinas Unveils Winter Team Messick Sportsmanship Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas has unveiled its 2020-21 Winter Team Messick Sportsmanship Award winners.
The Conference Carolinas Directors of Athletics implemented the process by which the Conference Carolinas Messick Sportsmanship Awards are determined. A student-athlete and coach from each institution vote separately upon the sportsmanship of all conference competitors. Each institution then submits those votes to the conference office where the averages are then calculated to decide the winner for each conference-sponsored sport.
The Team Messick Sportsmanship Awards are named after John D. Messick, who was the President of former conference member East Carolina from 1947-59. Messick truly championed sportsmanship and even wrote a book entitled, "Personality and Character Development."
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Winter Team Messick Award Winners
Men's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Women's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Men's Indoor Track and Field: Barton and Belmont Abbey
Women's Indoor Track and Field: Southern Wesleyan
Women's Swimming and Diving: King
Men's Swimming and Diving: Chowan, King and Lees-McRae
Men's Basketball: Emmanuel
Women's Basketball: Southern Wesleyan