(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) - The USA South Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has announced that Mary Baldwin College has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 USA South Sportsmanship Trophy. Mary Baldwin won the Sportsmanship Trophy after they picked up the Sportsmanship Award in three sports during the 2009-2010 academic year. This is the second consecutive Sportsmanship Trophy for the Fighting Squirrels who were chosen as individual Sportsmanship Award winners in women's soccer, volleyball and softball.

There is a Sportsmanship Award for 11 of the 14 Conference-sponsored sports. For each sport, all team members vote for the teams they deem to have demonstrated the best overall sportsmanship throughout the season. The team garnering the most votes receives that sport's Sportsmanship Award. The school that wins the most individual sport awards wins the overall USA South Sportsmanship Trophy. The award came about through SAAC's commitment to maintaining a sportsmanlike environment on each of our campuses.

Ferrum College was the only other school to win multiple Sportsmanship Awards during the past academic year, picking up honors in men's and women's tennis. The other Sportsmanship Awards this season went to Agnes Scott College, Averett University, Greensboro College, Maryville College, Meredith College, Methodist University and Peace College.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hopes that by awarding a Sportsmanship Award, the members of the USA South will understand the importance of this issue. It is vital that good sportsmanship be demonstrated in the arena of competition. 

2009-2010 Individual Sport Sportsmanship Award Winners
Football - Maryville College
Volleyball - Mary Baldwin College
Women's Soccer - Mary Baldwin College
Men's Soccer - Averett University
Women's Basketball - Meredith College
Men's Basketball - Methodist University
Baseball - Greensboro College
Softball - Mary Baldwin College
Lacrosse - Agnes Scott College
Men's Tennis - Ferrum College
Women's Tennis - Ferrum College and Peace College