Abram Choate, SID

RICHARDSON, Texas –– The Howard Payne University and Louisiana College men's basketball teams, and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and LeTourneau University women's basketball teams are the winners of American Southwest Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Team Sportsmanship Awards for winter sports, the conference office announced on Wednesday.

The Howard Payne men finished 14-13 on the season making the American Southwest Conference tournament for the second time in three years. The Yellow Jackets knocked off the #1 seat Mississippi College in the first round before falling to Concordia University Texas.

The Howard Payne men and Mary Hardin-Baylor women represented the West Division, while the Louisiana College men and LeTourneau women took honors in the East Division.

The award, in its first academic year, honors the member institution in each ASC championship sport that best displays positive qualities of sportsmanship and fair play from its student-athletes, coaches and fans throughout the season. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committees from the conference's 15 member institutions vote on the recipients.

ALL-TIME ASC STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS

Winter 2007-08

Men's Basketball: Howard Payne University (West Division); Louisiana College (East Division)

Women's Basketball: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (West Division); LeTourneau University (East Division)

Fall 2007

Men's Cross Country: McMurry University

Women's Cross Country: Mississippi College

Football: Howard Payne University / Mississippi College

Men's Soccer: LeTourneau University

Women's Soccer: Mississippi College

Volleyball: Howard Payne University / Schreiner University (West Division); LeTourneau University (East Division)