INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced Wednesday the 30 student-athletes – one male and one female per school – named James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, while 24 teams – one per sport, plus two ties – were again recognized after learning of their honor during their respective all-conference process. UIndy's individual honorees were Mickey Sasson (women's basketball) and Ben Nagel (men's track & field).
 
Each institution – through the head coach – names one award honoree in each sport sponsored. These individual sport honorees became candidates for the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award. Each institution then selects one male and one female student-athlete from its season-long list of honorees to be named as James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award winners. 
 
Furthermore, during the initial nomination process, each institution's coach ranks the top-three teams within the sport that best displayed good sportsmanship throughout the season. The team with the highest point total is then named that sport's James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Team Award winner. At the conclusion of the academic year, the institution that accumulated the highest point total across all sports is named the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Overall Award winner.
 
The GLVC renamed its annual sportsmanship award in 2016 after Spalding for his longtime service at Bellarmine and who is referenced as one of the league's two "Founding Fathers." Spalding was first a basketball student-athlete at Bellarmine, returning later to serve his alma mater as assistant basketball coach (1957-66), head basketball coach (1966-71), men's cross country/track coach (1961-75), men's tennis coach (1961-62), and men's golf coach (1967-69), before being elevated to director of athletics (1971-94). During his tenure as AD, Spalding expanded Bellarmine's participation in intercollegiate sports from four to 16 teams and played a prominent role in both the formation of the GLVC and the sponsorship expansion of women's athletics within the league. Long revered as one of the league's pioneers, Spalding was inducted as a charter member of the GLVC Hall of Fame in 2001. He died in 2012 at the age of 79, following a lengthy illness.


2021-22 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD WINNERS

Men's Cross Country: Lewis	Women's Cross Country: Lewis
Football: William Jewell	Volleyball: William Jewell
Men's Soccer: Missouri-St. Louis	Women's Soccer: Missouri S&T
Men's Swimming: McKendree	Women's Swimming: McKendree
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Lindenwood	Women's Indoor Track & Field: Southwest Baptist
Men's Basketball: William Jewell	Women's Basketball: William Jewell
Wrestling: William Jewell	Women's Bowling: Quincy
Men's Lacrosse: Quincy & Maryville	Women's Lacrosse: Rockhurst
Men's Golf: Missouri-St. Louis	Women's Golf: Missouri-St. Louis
Men's Tennis: Southern Indiana	Women's Tennis: Southern Indiana
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Southwest Baptist	Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Southwest Baptist
Baseball: Truman	Softball: Quincy

2021-22 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS

School	Male Winner	Female Winner
Drury	Mitch Stephens, Soccer	Bec Cross, Swimming & Diving
Illinois Springfield	Jesus Castillo, Basketball	Libby Price, Track & Field
UIndy	Ben Nagel, Track & Field	Mickey Sasson, Basketball
Lewis	Oskar Lusti, Tennis	Kasey Kane, Golf
Lindenwood	Nate Trepanier, Wrestling	Samantha Linderer, Soccer
Maryville	James Stacey, Lacrosse	Lexi Taylor, Lacrosse
McKendree	Will Postlethwaite, Golf	Rebecca Hagerman, Bowling
Missouri S&T	Braden Mahurin, Baseball	Maya Washington, Track & Field
Missouri-St. Louis	Trever Moore, Basketball	Mimi Bradley, Softball
Quincy	Spencer Walker, Baseball	Dami Adeyinka, Basketball
Rockhurst	Semen Tsyrenov, Tennis	Maya Gallagher, Softball
Southern Indiana	Tyler Henry, Basketball	Courtney Schoolcraft, Softball
Southwest Baptist	Tyler Goatley, Track & Field	Amanda Berkstresser, Cross Country
Truman	Thomas Cormier, Cross Country	Holly Olson, Swimming & Diving
William Jewell	Alex Epp, Baseball	Grace Baucom, Volleyball