BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University men's and women's swimming teams earned their second straight Conference Carolinas Messick Awards for Sportsmanship.
This marks the second time each of the Tornado swimming program have earned the Conference Carolinas Messick Sportsmanship Award. The King women finished fourth at the Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships while the men finished third.
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."
