Murray State University Athletics
Rifle Earns OVC Sportsmanship Award
2/25/2015 9:17:00 AM | Rifle
The Murray State rifle team was honored by the OVC on Wednesday with the sport's 2014-15 Team Sportsmanship Award.
Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are given to OVC squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators and fans.
"Without sportsmanship there are truly no meaningful victories," said Beth DeBauche, OVC Commissioner. "The recipients of the OVC Team Sportsmanship awards should accept this award with great pride for their fellow competitors have made it clear their teams exemplify the best in intercollegiate athletics. In receiving this prestigious honor other competitors are saying these student-athletes compete with class, respect their opponents and value fair play. That is quite a compliment as those are all traits that will lead to true victories throughout the course of life."
The 2014-15 school year marks the 10th year the team sportsmanship honors have been awarded. It marks the first time Murray State has won the rifle sportsmanship award.
Implemented in August 2005, the team honors are the most recent addition to an awards program that recognizes and celebrates sportsmanship within the Conference. In 1998, the league established the Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a male or female student-athlete of junior or senior status who best exemplifies the characteristics of the late Morehead State student-athlete, coach and administrator. Five years later, the Conference added the OVC Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to the member institution selected by its peers to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA.
The Murray State rifle team concluded its regular-season on Sunday with the NCAA Qualifier and now waits to find out it is one of eight teams to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Rifle Championship. The Racers will learn their fate via a selection show scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. CT on NCAA.com.
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Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are given to OVC squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators and fans.
"Without sportsmanship there are truly no meaningful victories," said Beth DeBauche, OVC Commissioner. "The recipients of the OVC Team Sportsmanship awards should accept this award with great pride for their fellow competitors have made it clear their teams exemplify the best in intercollegiate athletics. In receiving this prestigious honor other competitors are saying these student-athletes compete with class, respect their opponents and value fair play. That is quite a compliment as those are all traits that will lead to true victories throughout the course of life."
The 2014-15 school year marks the 10th year the team sportsmanship honors have been awarded. It marks the first time Murray State has won the rifle sportsmanship award.
Implemented in August 2005, the team honors are the most recent addition to an awards program that recognizes and celebrates sportsmanship within the Conference. In 1998, the league established the Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a male or female student-athlete of junior or senior status who best exemplifies the characteristics of the late Morehead State student-athlete, coach and administrator. Five years later, the Conference added the OVC Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to the member institution selected by its peers to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA.
The Murray State rifle team concluded its regular-season on Sunday with the NCAA Qualifier and now waits to find out it is one of eight teams to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Rifle Championship. The Racers will learn their fate via a selection show scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. CT on NCAA.com.
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