MHSAA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Aug. 15 , 2007
Contact: John Johnson or Andy Frushour
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com
Sportsmanship Honors Announced For Spring Tournaments;
All Recipients To Be Honored By MEEMIC Insurance
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 15 – The recipients of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Good Sports Are Winners! Awards for the 2007 Spring sports season have been named, with each school to receive recognition from MEEMIC Insurance, the Association’s corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts.
Reading in baseball; East Grand Rapids in boys lacrosse; Okemos in girls lacrosse; Ann Arbor Greenhills in girls soccer; and Hudsonville in softball were selected by the tournament management at their respective Finals for displaying the most exemplary sportsmanship by their coaches, student-athletes and spectators. Each school receiving a Finals award will be presented a commemorative banner and crystal trophy at a venue of the school’s choosing at a future date.
Reading was the Division 4 champion in baseball, East Grand Rapids was the Division 2 champion in boys lacrosse, Okemos was a Division 2 finalist in girls lacrosse, Ann Arbor Greenhills was a Division 4 finalist in girls soccer, and Hudsonville was a Division 1 semifinalist in softball. For Reading and Hudsonville, this is the first Finals level award for each schools. East Grand Rapids previously won the Finals award in boys lacrosse in 2005; Okemos won the award in girls soccer in 1991; and Ann Arbor Greenhills won the award in boys soccer in 1992.
At the District, Regional and Quarterfinal levels of MHSAA tournaments, all schools which meet a set of sportsmanlike standards are recognized. Those schools will be presented framed certificates from MEEMIC Insurance.
In all, 427 teams from 286 schools in baseball, boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer and softball are being recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship at Spring tournaments. Those teams will be recognized
through the publication of their names in the MHSAA Bulletin, the MHSAA Finals program series, and on the MHSAA Web site. For the entire 2006-07 school year, 1,017 teams will be recognized in 13 activities for their sportsmanship efforts during MHSAA tournaments.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.
MEEMIC Insurance Company, with headquarters in Auburn Hills, writes full coverage private passenger automobile protection and homeowners insurance for educational employees and their immediate families in the state of Michigan. MEEMIC was founded by teachers for teachers in 1950. Most representatives of the company are or were teachers themselves. MEEMIC's history of competitive pricing and a commitment to superior service has cultivated a tradition of teachers serving teachers and their families, the "MEEMIC Club."
The following is a list of Good Sports Are Winners! Award recipients as submitted by tournament managers for the Spring sports season (SPORTS DIRECTORS/ EDITORS -- Please scan this list for recipients from your coverage area):
MEDIA ADVISORY - For additional information about MEEMIC, contact Pam Harlin, Director of Marketing, toll free at 888-4MEEMIC (463-3642), Ext. 8576. You can download the MHSAA’s sportsmanship logo from the MHSAA Web Site – click on Forms & Graphics off the home page.
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