For the second consecutive year, Bard College has captured the Skyline Conference's Sportsmanship Trophy for displaying outstanding team sportsmanship during the 2010-11 academic year. The Skyline Conference instituted the Sportsmanship Trophy in 2007-08 to gauge team sportsmanship among its member schools.
Bard compiled 80.19 points out of a possible 110 (11 sports), for an overall rating of .729. The Sage Colleges finished a close second with a rating of .724 while Yeshiva was third with a rating of .721.
A Team Sportsmanship Award is presented in each sport. Bard earned Team Sportsmanship Awards in men’s soccer and men’s basketball, while Mount Saint Mary (women’s cross country, men’s & women’s swimming) and St. Joseph’s-L.I. (women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball) each had a league-high three teams honored. NYU-Poly’s baseball team and Sage’s women’s lacrosse program both earned composite scores of 8.81, the highest of any team in any sport in
2010-11.
Additional Team Sportsmanship Award winners came in the sports of men’s golf (Farmingdale State – 8.17), women’s tennis (NYU-Poly – 7.43), men’s cross country (Maritime – 7.55), women’s basketball (Sage – 7.67), men’s lacrosse (Maritime – 8.00), men’s volleyball (Yeshiva – 8.40), and softball (Old Westbury – 7.64).
A school earns points toward the Sportsmanship Trophy based upon a 10-point scale in each sport. Opposing coaches rate each team on a scale of 1 to 10 with a '1' being considered poor sportsmanship and a '10' being considered outstanding sportsmanship. A score of 5 to 6 is considered average. A school's scores in each sport are then added together and then divided by the total number of points that could possibly be earned.
Yeshiva won the award in 2007-08 and 2008-09.
2010-11 SKYLINE CONFERENCE SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY FINAL STANDINGS
Institution - Total Points / Possible Points (Rating)
Bard - 80.19 / 110 (.729)
The Sage Colleges - 86.83 / 120 (.724)
Yeshiva - 86.57 / 120 (.721)
Mount Saint Mary - 106.82 / 150 (.712)
St. Joseph’s-L.I. - 90.47 / 130 (.696)
NYU-Poly - 88.64 / 130 (.682)
Maritime - 74.85 / 110 (.680)
Old Westbury - 80.47 / 120 (.671)
Purchase - 97.54 / 150 (.650)
Farmingdale State - 89.76 / 140 (.641)
Mount Saint Vincent - 87.46 / 140 (.625)