LE MOYNE WOMEN'S SOCCER AND MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY EARN INAUGURAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS FROM NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE
SOUTH EASTON, Mass.
- The Le Moyne College women's soccer and men's
cross country teams have been named recipients of the Northeast-10
Conference Sportsmanship Awards. The awards program, which honors
one team from each of the league's championship sports that has
best exemplified the spirit of sportsmanship and generally
conducted themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and
class, is in its inaugural year. The awards were decided upon by a
vote of each the league teams head coach, team captain and Student
Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative.
Le Moyne College and Saint Anselm College each received awards in two fall sports. Le Moyne's award-winning teams are each coached by a Le Moyne College graduate.
Gerry Mahon '76, the women's cross country coach since 1985, is in his 11th season as the men's cross country coach.
"It's a nice honor for our team. They represent the Le Moyne College community well and live by the mission of the college," Mahon '76 said. "Our runners are like that in their daily lives and it's great that they are being recognized for it."
In 2000, Jimmy Riverso '02 coached the women's soccer team to an 8-8-1 mark and the program's first postseason appearance since 2000.
"I'm happy our team has been recognized for its integrity on and off the field," Riverso '02 said. "We play hard, we play to win, but we want to go about it the right way."
In June, one of the 15 league institutions will receive the
"Northeast-10 Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award" by the
conference Senior Women Administrator (SWA) council. In addition,
Webster Bank will make a donation annually to the institutional
award winner's local Boy's & Girl's Club in the name of the
school.
The Northeast-10 is one of the largest and is the most diverse
NCAA Division II playing conference in the nation. It sponsors 23
championship sports including baseball, men's basketball, women's
basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, football,
field hockey, men's golf, men's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, women's
lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's indoor track and
field, women's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and
field, women's outdoor track and field, men's tennis, women's
tennis, softball, women's volleyball, men's swimming and diving,
and women's swimming and diving.
Full Members of the Northeast-10 include American International
College, Assumption College, Bentley College, Bryant University,
Franklin Pierce, Le Moyne College, The University of Massachusetts
Lowell, Merrimack College, Pace University, Saint Anselm College,
Saint Michael's College, The College of Saint Rose, Southern
Connecticut State University, Southern New Hampshire University,
and Stonehill College.
2006 Le Moyne Men's Cross Country Team - NE-10
Sportsmanship Award Winners
2006 Le Moyne Women's Soccer Team - Northeast-10 Conference
Sportsmanship Award
2006 Fall Sportsmanship Award Winners
Football: Saint Anselm College
Field Hockey: Saint Anselm College
Men's Soccer: Stonehill College
Women's Soccer: Le Moyne College
Volleyball: Southern New Hampshire University
Men's Cross Country: Le Moyne College
Women's Cross Country: Saint Michael's College
