Northwestern University Athletics
Jones and Holloway Claim B1G Outstanding Sportsmanship Awards
6/3/2015 5:04:00 PM | Men's Soccer
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern's Brooke Jones of the lacrosse team and Connor Holloway of the men's soccer program have been recognized by the Big Ten as Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2014-15 academic year. The pair was chosen from a group of more than 300 exemplary student-athletes who displayed positive sportsmanship throughout the year.
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Jones was a positive leader on the Northwestern lacrosse program that embraced her role as a backup goalkeeper for three years and demonstrated the ability to step in when needed and provide key leadership in the cage.
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Jones participated in multiple post-game clinics and autograph sessions in addition to being active in the community. She appeared in 20 games in her career, including eight off the bench in her senior campaign in which she made a career-high four saves in a pair of contests against Ohio State and Penn State.
A two-year team captain, Holloway helped lead Northwestern to a berth in the NCAA Tournament in his senior campaign by starting 18 of 19 games in the midfield. He was named a Academic All-Big Ten selection three times and was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2013. Connor graduated from Northwestern in December and is currently working as a Business Leadership Program Associate for LinkedIn. He was instrumental in helping launch the NU for Life program, serving on the student-athlete advisory group.
Holloway was active in several community service efforts including Cycle for Survival with the men's soccer program, SAAC Field Day, AYSO and NU Soccer clinics, visits to Family Focus as well as making regular visits to the Lurie Children's Hospital and working with the Youth Job Center in Evanston.
2015 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Illinois: Reilly O'Toole (football) and Melissa Kopkinski (tennis)
Indiana: Mark Murphy (football) and Nakel McClinton (outdoor track and field)
Iowa: Mark Weisman (football) and Melissa Dixon (basketball)
Maryland: Sal Conaboy (football) and Malina Howard (basketball)
Michigan: Devin Gardner (football) and Nicole Elmblad (basketball)
Michigan State: David Zoltowski (swimming) and Becky Stiles (field hockey)
Minnesota: Cedric Thompson (football) and Kate Bucknam (cross country)
Nebraska: Ameer Abdullah (football) and Samantha Areman (soccer)
Northwestern: Connor Holloway (soccer) and Brooke Jones (lacrosse)
Ohio State: Logan Strieber (wrestling) and Kayla Sullivan (ice hockey)
Penn State: Darrell Hill (outdoor track and field) and Kindrah Kohne (soccer)
Purdue: Matt McClintock (cross country) and Krisztina Kapitany (tennis)
Rutgers: Ken Theobold (wrestling) and Greta Leberfinger (swimming)
Wisconsin: Joel Rumpel (hockey) and Aja Van Hout (swimming)
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All of the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
Jones was a positive leader on the Northwestern lacrosse program that embraced her role as a backup goalkeeper for three years and demonstrated the ability to step in when needed and provide key leadership in the cage.
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Jones participated in multiple post-game clinics and autograph sessions in addition to being active in the community. She appeared in 20 games in her career, including eight off the bench in her senior campaign in which she made a career-high four saves in a pair of contests against Ohio State and Penn State.
A two-year team captain, Holloway helped lead Northwestern to a berth in the NCAA Tournament in his senior campaign by starting 18 of 19 games in the midfield. He was named a Academic All-Big Ten selection three times and was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2013. Connor graduated from Northwestern in December and is currently working as a Business Leadership Program Associate for LinkedIn. He was instrumental in helping launch the NU for Life program, serving on the student-athlete advisory group.
Holloway was active in several community service efforts including Cycle for Survival with the men's soccer program, SAAC Field Day, AYSO and NU Soccer clinics, visits to Family Focus as well as making regular visits to the Lurie Children's Hospital and working with the Youth Job Center in Evanston.
2015 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Illinois: Reilly O'Toole (football) and Melissa Kopkinski (tennis)
Indiana: Mark Murphy (football) and Nakel McClinton (outdoor track and field)
Iowa: Mark Weisman (football) and Melissa Dixon (basketball)
Maryland: Sal Conaboy (football) and Malina Howard (basketball)
Michigan: Devin Gardner (football) and Nicole Elmblad (basketball)
Michigan State: David Zoltowski (swimming) and Becky Stiles (field hockey)
Minnesota: Cedric Thompson (football) and Kate Bucknam (cross country)
Nebraska: Ameer Abdullah (football) and Samantha Areman (soccer)
Northwestern: Connor Holloway (soccer) and Brooke Jones (lacrosse)
Ohio State: Logan Strieber (wrestling) and Kayla Sullivan (ice hockey)
Penn State: Darrell Hill (outdoor track and field) and Kindrah Kohne (soccer)
Purdue: Matt McClintock (cross country) and Krisztina Kapitany (tennis)
Rutgers: Ken Theobold (wrestling) and Greta Leberfinger (swimming)
Wisconsin: Joel Rumpel (hockey) and Aja Van Hout (swimming)
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