SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The St. Thomas Tommies have earned a three-peat as honorees of the Summit League Sportsmanship award, garnering the award for the 2023-24 acdaemic year.

The award is given yearly to the school that is judged by its peers to be the best in the League for living up to the ideals of sportsmanship. Areas for evaluation include student-athlete conduct, staff/administrator conduct, coaches’ conduct and event management.

St. Thomas is the first institution to take home three straight sportsmanship honors since 2017-18 when South Dakota claimed its third consecutive award.

Former member Southern Utah continues to own the League record with five Sportsmanship Awards. The Thunderbirds are followed by Centenary, Omaha, St. Thomas and South Dakota with three apiece. Purdue Fort Wayne and South Dakota State each earned a pair of awards while IUPUI, Kansas City and Valparaiso have each earned the honor once.

Sportsmanship Award History
1998-99 – Kansas City
1999-2000 – Southern Utah
2000-01 – IUPUI
2001-02 – Valparaiso
2002-03 – Southern Utah
2003-04 – Southern Utah
2004-05 – Southern Utah
2005-06 – Southern Utah
2006-07 – Centenary
2007-08 – Centenary
2008-09 – South Dakota State
2009-10 – Centenary
2010-11 – South Dakota State
2011-12 – Fort Wayne
2012-13 – Omaha
2013-14 – Omaha
2014-15 – Fort Wayne
2015-16 – South Dakota
2016-17 – South Dakota
2017-18 – South Dakota
2018-19 – Western Illinois
2019-20 – None selected due to COVID-19
2020-21 – Omaha
2021-22 – St. Thomas
2022-23 – St. Thomas
2023-24 – St. Thomas