Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
The Big Ten announced on Tuesday the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2016-17 academic year
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten announced on Tuesday the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2016-17 academic year. These standouts were chosen from a group of more than 350 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship.
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The 2017 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.
2017 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
ILLINOIS
Joe Spencer, Football
Jenna Miller, Women’s Soccer
INDIANA
Matt Schwartzer, Men’s Cross Country
Amanda Cahill, Women’s Basketball
IOWA
Nicholas Baer, Men’s Basketball
Sophie Plasteras, Field Hockey
MARYLAND
Alex Leto, Men’s Track & Field
Hannah Dewey, Softball
MICHIGAN
Jake Butt, Football
Grace Choi, Women’s Golf
MICHIGAN STATE
Joe Cox, Men’s Hockey
Allyssah Fitterer, Women’s Volleyball
MINNESOTA
Bakary Konate, Men’s Basketball
Temi Ogunrinde, Women’s Indoor Track & Field
NEBRASKA
Ben Miller, Baseball
Emily Wood, Women’s Basketball
NORTHWESTERN
Sanjay Lumpkin, Men’s Basketball
Kacie Komoto, Women’s Golf
OHIO STATE
Josh Tublin, Men’s Volleyball
Sandy Niehaus, Women’s Tennis
PENN STATE
Matt Stasiunas, Men’s Swimming & Diving
Erika Spilker, Women’s Lacrosse
PURDUE
Matt Bouggy, Men’s Tennis
Faye Adelaja, Women’s Volleyball
RUTGERS
Julian Pinnix-Odrick, Football
Tori Prager, Women’s Soccer
WISCONSIN
Vitto Brown, Men’s Basketball
Sydney McKibbon, Women’s Hockey