GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas released its 2025 Spring Team Messick Sportsmanship Award winners on Monday morning, honoring the Lees-McRae men's tennis team.
The Bobcats shared the honor with Shorter this season. Lees-McRae men's tennis finished the spring campaign at 13-9 overall and 4-5 in Conference Carolinas matches. Lees-McRae made a strong run in the Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Championship with a semifinal finish in Sumter, South Carolina. The Bobcats knocked No. 5 Barton in the first round and No. 4 Mount Olive in the quarterfinals at the Palmetto Tennis Center.
The Conference Carolinas Directors of Athletics implemented the process by which the Conference Carolinas Messick Sportsmanship Awards are determined. A student-athlete and coach from each institution vote separately upon the sportsmanship of all conference competitors. Each institution then submits those votes to the conference office where the averages are then calculated to decide the winner for each conference-sponsored sport.
The Team Messick Sportsmanship Awards are named after John D. Messick, who was the President of former conference member East Carolina from 1947-59. Messick truly championed sportsmanship and even wrote a book entitled, "Personality and Character Development."
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