Missouri Valley Men’s Wrestling Named 2023 Musco Team Sportsmanship Award Winners for Second-Straight Season

For their display of the NAIA's Five Core Character Values of Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Sportsmanship & Servant Leadership, Missouri Valley College has been selected the 2023 Musco Team Sportsmanship Award recipient for the sport of men's wrestling for the second-straight 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 head coach Pat Giangrosso, the Vikings 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 Vikings:

"The young men on the team have a ton of respect for officials and opponents. They consistently show great sportsmanship win or lose."

For the winter season, the Heart will be awarding its Team Sportsmanship award to one team from each sport of competitive cheer, competitive dance, women's wrestling, men's wrestling, men's basketball, women's basketball and bowling.

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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