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- April 9, 2003
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- Ferrum College Hosts Sportsmanship Clinic
- Panthers Work With 5th-Graders at Local Elementary School
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College
Department of Athletics hosted a Sportsmanship Clinic at Ferrum
Elementary School today, working with a group of 50 5th-graders.
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- The event was sponsored by the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference, and promotes good sportsmanship throughout all levels
of sports. The league's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC) sponsored events on all nine campuses throughout the
league's two states.
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- Also sponsoring SAAC Sportsmanship Clinics were Averett
University, Shenandoah University, and Christopher Newport
University in Virginia; and Chowan College, Methodist College,
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Peace College, and Greensboro College in North
Carolina.
The Ferrum student-athletes worked with the Ferrum Elementary
5th-graders but enlisting the kids into role-playing. The
children worked up mock situations of both good and bad
sportsmanship.
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- Senior Tina McBride also spoke to the children, stressing the
importance of being a good sport, while having fun and making
friends through sports. McBride has been Ferrum's SAAC
Chapter President for the 2002-03 academic year. She is a
four-time All-Conference selection in basketball and also earned
All-Conference in tennis once. She was named a basketball
All-American this past season.
Joining McBride in today's clinic were fellow Ferrum
student-athletes Carrie Conques of the women's lacrosse team,
Valerie Lord and Becky Soteres of the women's tennis team, Chris
Ward of the football team, and Daisha Jackson, Tara Toland
and Ramonia Vest of the women's basketball team.
Also taking part in the day's activities were athletic department
staff members Director of Athletics Dr. Ted Kinder, Volleyball
Coach Kelly Caputo, Women's Basketball Coach Donna Doonan, and
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Bill Tharp.
Doonan, who also serves as Ferrum's Senior Woman Administrator and
advises Ferrum's SAAC chapter, was pleased with the group of
student-athletes that were on hand to work with the elementary
school kids.
"I think the Dixie's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has
done a great job this year in emphasizing sportsmanship throughout
the league's sporting events this year," said Doonan.
"Taking it into the local communities is wonderful, where we
can remind younger folks how important this is at all levels of
sports from elementary school to professional sports."
To learn more about the Dixie Conference's SAAC events on the
other league campuses, please visit the official Dixie web site at
www.dixieconference.com.
For more information, please contact the Ferrum
Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.
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