INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced Wednesday that
JaQuan Buchanan from the UIndy football team and
Kaitlyn McCoy from the UIndy women's swimming & diving team were selected as UIndy's James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners. In total, 26 student-athletes, one male and one female per school, have been named James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, while 25 teams – one per sport, plus one tie – were previously recognized after learning of their honor during their respective All-Conference process.
Each institution – through the head coach – names one award honoree in each sport sponsored. These individual sport honorees became candidates for the individual James R. Spalding Sportsmanship 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, who is referenced as one of the league's two "Founding Fathers" and for his longtime service at Bellarmine. Spalding was first a basketball student-athlete at Bellarmine, who later returned 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.
2022-23 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD WINNERS
| Men's Cross Country: Missouri S&T |
Women's Cross Country: Missouri S&T |
| Football: Truman State |
Volleyball: Truman State |
| Men's Soccer: William Jewell |
Women's Soccer: Truman State |
| Men's Swimming & Diving: Missouri S&T |
Women's Swimming & Diving: McKendree |
| Men's Indoor Track & Field: Missouri S&T |
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Missouri S&T |
| Men's Basketball: William Jewell |
Women's Basketball: William Jewell |
| Women's Bowling: McKendree |
Wrestling: Ouachita Baptist |
| Men's Lacrosse: Rockhurst |
Women's Lacrosse: Rockhurst & Quincy |
| Men's Golf: Maryville |
Women's Golf: Illinois Springfield |
| Men's Tennis: Drury |
Women's Tennis: Drury |
| Baseball: Truman State |
Softball: William Jewell |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Indianapolis |
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Missouri S&T |
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2022-23 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
| School |
Male Winner |
Female Winner |
| Drury |
Andrew Rodriguez, Swimming & Diving |
Ashley Childers, Track & Field |
| Illinois Springfield |
Cort Ross, Cross Country |
Ella Mann, Basketball |
| Indianapolis |
JaQuan Buchanan, Football |
Kaitlyn McCoy, Swimming & Diving |
| Lewis |
Vlado Zrnic, Basketball |
Stephanie Hart, Basketball |
| Maryville |
Austin Fauser, Golf |
Lexi Taylor, Lacrosse |
| McKendree |
Jacob Bachman, Football |
Rebecca Hagerman, Bowling |
| Missouri S&T |
Santiago Cervantes, Soccer |
Lilli Machado, Basketball |
| Missouri-St. Louis |
Nick Hedberg, Golf |
Karli Dean, Volleyball |
| Quincy |
Spencer Walker, Baseball |
Jessica Felix, Soccer |
| Rockhurst |
Malik Stevenson, Baseball |
Calli Wibbenmeyer, Softball |
| Southwest Baptist |
Ayden Stone, Basketball |
Emma Wood, Softball |
| Truman |
Jaxson Mahlstaht, Swimming & Diving |
Sophie Oxandale, Track & Field |
| William Jewell |
Christian Santiago, Cross Country |
Payton Totzke, Softball |
