Indiana University Athletics
Strickland, Batty Honored With Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
6/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
June 7, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana men's basketball player Marshall Strickland and women's tennis player Sarah Batty were a pair of 22 student-athletes who were named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners, announced the Big Ten office on June 7. Batty and Strickland were selected from a pool of 276 student-athletes throughout the academic year who displayed positive sportsmanship.
A total of 11 men and women, one from each school in the conference, were honored with the distinction. All of the Sportsmanship Award honorees have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, theses student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Strickland became an intricate part of the men's basketball team's success a year ago. The Mt. Airy, Md., native finished the season with 12.6 points and 3.5 rebounds, while shooting .484 from the floor and .479 from beyond the arc - all career-high numbers. Strickland led the Hoosiers to a 19-12 overall record and an NCAA Tournament second round appearance in 2006, marking his third postseason appearance in four years as a Hoosier.
Batty also closed out a heralded four-year career at Indiana. The two-time all-conference selection capped her senior campaign with a career dual-match singles record of 59-40 and a 66-35 mark in doubles, while earning All-America honors in doubles in 2004.
 Sarah Batty was one of two Indiana student-athletes to receive the 2006 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award from the Big Ten Conference.  |
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The 22 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners include 19 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and eight All-Big Ten selections from the 2005-06 season. For their careers, the below honorees have collected Academic All-Big Ten honors on 49 occasions while gathering 12 All-Big Ten mentions.
The 2006 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school is attached as a PDF.
2006 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Illinois
Alex Tirapelle, Sr., Wrestling
Brianna Knue, Sr., Women's Tennis
Indiana
Marshall Strickland, Sr., Men's Basketball
Sarah Batty, Sr., Women's Tennis
Iowa
Adam Haluska, Jr., Men's Basketball
Liz Grajewski, Sr., Women's Gymnastics
Michigan
Andrew Ebbett, Sr., Men's Ice Hockey
Becky Marx, Sr., Softball
Michigan State Kyle Brown, Sr., Football
Taren James, Sr., Women's Track and Field
Minnesota
Adam Boone, Sr., Men's Basketball
Chelsey Brodt, Sr., Women's Ice Hockey
Northwestern
Adam Schaechterle, Sr., Men's Tennis
Julie Lipinski, Sr., Women's Soccer
Ohio State
Andrew Bender, Sr., Men's Lacrosse
Carly Grimshaw, Sr., Women's Synchronized Swimming
Penn State
James Yonushonis, Jr., Wrestling
Lindsay Bach, Sr., Women's Soccer
Purdue
Ben Wissel, Sr., Wrestling
Onnarin Sattayabanphot, Sr., Women's Golf
Wisconsin
Tyler Turner, Jr., Wrestling
Lindsay McMillan, Sr., Women's Golf
