RICHARDSON, Texas – LeTourneau
University junior volleyball player
Kristen Chapman was named
Friday as a winner of the 2009-10 American Southwest Conference
Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award, the ASC office announced after a
vote of the league's Directors of Athletics.
The ASC Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award honors a male and
female student-athlete who best displays the attributes of
sportsmanship, leadership, citizenship and academic integrity in
their athletic, academic and life pursuits. To become a nominee on
the conference-wide ballot, a student-athlete must win the ASC
Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year award in their respective sport.
This is the eleventh year the ASC has presented its Sportsmanship
Award and the fifth year the award is being presented after being
renamed in honor of the Conference's first commissioner, Fred
Jacoby.
Chapman, a native of Richland, Mich., is majoring in
Mechanical Engineering. She embodies the components of a
sportsmanship athlete of the year as she possesses a 3.65 GPA in
one of the most academically rigorous and challenging majors at
Letourneau. She has tirelessly worked on mission projects in Utah
and in her home state of Michigan and most importantly has managed
to maintain a positive and uplifting attitude towards her teammates
and her opposition during a tumultuous three years that includes
three different coaching changes.
On the volleyball court, Chapman was named the ASC East
Division Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year and also garnered
second-team honors. She played in all 28 matches, leading the team
in kills with 326.
David Ashlock (UT-Tyler) and Sam Walker (Hardin-Simmons)
earned the male Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award.
