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NCAA Sportsmanship Award

The NCAA Sportsmanship Award honors student-athletes who, through their actions in the competitive arena of intercollegiate athletics, have demonstrated one or more of the ideals of sportmanship, including fairness,civility, honesty, unselfishness, respect and responsibility. Selections are made by the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct. This award was first presented in 1999 as the Outstanding Sports Persons of the Year Award. The award was renamed the NCAA Sportsmanship Award in 2001.

2009 Nomination Form: MS Word | PDF

Nomination Guidelines

• Each conference may nominate one male and female student-athlete that satisfy the criteria.
• All nominees must satisfy the criteria.
• Nomination forms shall not include any supplemental materials such as newspaper articles, photographs or videos.
• The winners will be announced by the NCAA in the summer of 2009.
• Independent institutions may nominate a male and female student-athlete.

Nomination Criteria

1. Nominee must have demonstrated consistently good sportsmanship and ethical behavior in his/her daily participation in intercollegiate athletics.
2. Student-athlete must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
3. Student-athlete must be in good academic standing.
4. Student-athlete or team nominee must be a member of an intercollegiate athletics team during of the 2008-09 academic year.
5. A team may be considered as a nominee if extraordinary circumstances exist, otherwise, only individual will be considered.
6. Any nomination form faxed to the national office must be followed by a signed original copy carrying original signatures.

Selection Process

• Nominations from independent institutions will be evaluated by an adhoc committee of former committee members. One male and female from each division will be selected.
• Nominees from the conference offices and from independent school finalists will be evaluated by the committee in June 2009.
• The committee will then select a male and female winner from each of the three divisions (six total). [The candidate pool shall include nominees from the independent institutions and the conference offices.]

Key Dates

• Nomination deadline: June 16, 2009
• Awards announcement/NCAA press release: July 2009
• Announcement in the NCAA News: September 2009
• Awards presented at athletics event at winners institution: January 2010

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