Moon Township, Pa. – The
Robert Morris University football team was honored for the first time with the Northeast Conference 2019 Team Sportsmanship Award, the league announced Thursday.
Instituted by NEC Presidents in 2008, the awards are designed to acknowledge the team in each conference sport that, in the opinion of its peers, most closely demonstrates good sportsmanship based on the NEC Principles of Sportsmanship and Standards of Conduct. Voting is conducted at the conclusion of each season by each team and head coach, as teams are ranked within the conference based on a set of criteria.
"The NEC Council of Presidents are fully committed to the values of good sportsmanship and competing with integrity," said NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris. "I'm proud to congratulate the coaches and student-athletes from these five institutions for being recognized by their peers as the teams that best epitomized those values."
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Wagner took home the sportsmanship award for men's and women's cross country and field hockey, St. Francis Brooklyn was honored for men's soccer, Merrimack garnered the award in women's soccer and Fairleigh Dickinson in volleyball.
Led by second-year head coach
Bernard Clark, Jr., the Colonials won seven of their final nine games after starting the year 0-3. RMU finished with an overall record of 7-5 (.583), including a 6-1 (.857) mark in the NEC.
Eight student-athletes garnered All-NEC recognition, while Clark was tabbed the
2019 NEC Co-Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the
Eddie Robinson Award.
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