University of Minnesota Athletics
Pinnix, Roysland Earn Big Ten Sportsmanship Honors
6/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree. From each university's list, two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected. All of the Sportsmanship Award honorees have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, theses student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Golden Gophers Amir Pinnix (Sr., Football) and Kelly Roysland (Sr., Volleyball) were the Minnesota honorees.
The 22 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners include 14 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and eight All-Big Ten selections from the 2007-08 season. In addition, Christy Finch of Northwestern lacrosse and Melissa Walbridge of
The 2008 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school is attached as a PDF.
2008 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Shannon McDonnell, Sr., Women's Soccer
Vera Neuenswander, So., Women's Track & Field
Brittany Keyes, Sr., Rowing
Krista Clement, Sr., Women's Basketball
Alisa Wulff, Sr., Women's Basketball
Minnesota Amir Pinnix, Sr., Football
Kelly Roysland, Sr., Volleyball
Christy Finch, Sr., Lacrosse
Veronica Jatsek, Sr., Women's Track & Field
Penn State Mike Walker, Sr., Men's Basketball
Melissa Walbridge, Sr., Volleyball
Purdue Jaycen Taylor, Jr., Football
Brooke Beier, Sr., Women's Tennis
Audra Jeffers, Jr., Volleyball
