St. Francis wins fourth straight sportsmanship award
Grab Northeast Conference Award for Fourth Consecutive Season
Though they didn’t come close to duplicating their dream campaign of 2014-15, the St. Francis Brooklyn women’s basketball team extended its reign as the best in sportsmanship — both on and off the court — this past season.
The Terriers, who the season before last captured the Remsen Street program’s first-ever NCAA Division Tournament bid via a Cinderella-like run through the Northeast Conference Championships, on Wednesday were given the Winter Sportsmanship Award by the NEC for the fourth consecutive year.
It might not be as gaudy a prize as lifting the NEC Championship Trophy and taking on top-ranked and eventual national champion Connecticut in the opening round of the NCAAs, but in a lot of ways it better exemplifies the type of program head coach John Thurston has built.
“It’s exciting for us to win the Sportsmanship Award for the fourth year in a row,” said Thurston, who has seen his team receive the award in each of his seasons at the helm.