Conference Carolinas
Brian Hand
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas has unveiled its 2020-21 Spring 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 Spring Team Messick Award Winners
Acrobatics & Tumbling: Belmont Abbey
Women’s Golf: Southern Wesleyan and North Greenville
Men’s Golf: North Greenville
Men’s Volleyball: Belmont Abbey
Women’s Volleyball: Southern Wesleyan
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Southern Wesleyan
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Southern Wesleyan
Men’s Tennis: Lees-McRae
Women’s Tennis: North Greenville
Men’s Lacrosse: Chowan and Lees-McRae
Women’s Lacrosse: North Greenville
Softball: Southern Wesleyan
Baseball: Barton
Men’s Soccer: Lees-McRae
Women’s Soccer: Converse