MidAmerica Nazarene University Baseball Selected 2023 Musco Team Sportsmanship Award Recipient for Second Consecutive Season

For their display of the NAIA's Five Core Character Values of Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Sportsmanship & Servant Leadership, MidAmerica Nazarene University has been selected the 2023 Musco Team Sportsmanship Award recipient for the sport of baseball for the second consecutive season, announced by the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

"This award was developed by the Heart Association of Student-Athletes (HASA) and I am proud to see this award recognized for a second-straight year across the conference," said Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner Lori Thomas. "Under the direction of head coach Ryan Thompson, the Pioneers are very deserving of this award."

Teams are nominated by Athletics Administrators, Game Officials, Coaches, Student-Athletes and Fans.

Here is what the nominators had to say about the Pioneers:

"MNU plays hard with a lot of determination and does it without trash talking their opponent or complaining to umpires or any other negative tactics. Teams around the Heart and the NAIA have a ton of respect for Coach Thompson, his players and program."

For the spring season, the Heart will be awarding its Team Sportsmanship award to one team from each sport of men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's volleyball, baseball, softball, men's golf, women's golf and outdoor track & field.

If you would like to nominate a team in the future for the Musco Team Sportsmanship Award, please click here.

The Heart would like to thank Musco Sports Lighting for serving as the sponsor of this award.

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