Baker Women’s Bowling Earns Heart Sportsmanship Team Award

For their display of the NAIA's Five Core Character Values on and off the competition field of Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Sportsmanship & Servant Leadership, the Baker University women's bowling team has been selected the 2022 Heart Sportsmanship Team Award recipient for the sport of women's bowling.

"This award was developed by the Heart Association of Student-Athletes (HASA) and I am proud to see this come to fruition," said Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner Lori Thomas. "Under head coach Cheryl Keslar, the Wildcats are very deserving of this inaugural award."

This is the first year of the Heart Sportsmanship Team award, as teams are nominated by Athletics Administrators, Game Officials, Coaches, Student-Athletes and Fans.

Here is what the nominators had to say about the Wildcats:

"The Baker bowling program always strives to promote the Five Core Character Values of the NAIA each time they compete. Each year the team gives back to the community through a youth program and continually treats their opponents with respect."

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

If you would like to nominate a team in the future for the Heart Sportsmanship Team Award, please click here.