Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed over 100 student-athletes from area high schools for a Sportsmanship Summit.
The Northeast Corner Conference held the summit on Monday at Grace's Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.
Several student-athletes from each NECC school attended the conference, which was designed to educate student-athletes about sportsmanship and character training in athletics.
"We are pleased to be a part of building character at the high school level through the Sportsmanship Summit," Briscoe said. "We hope it served as a great opportunity to educate and reinforce character education and to help promote the importance of sportsmanship for each student-athlete."
Students spent the day together working in groups to discuss and challenge one another in sportsmanship and character-building opportunities in the athletic realm. The students participated in a number of team-oriented activities to build camaraderie among the schools in the conference.
The Sportsmanship Summit featured sessions from Roger Grossman, Briscoe as well as IHSAA Assistant Commissioners Robert Faulkens and Brian Lewis. Student-athletes also took turns sitting on a panel and answered questions in a peer-to-peer teaching environment.
Story provided by Josh Neuhart, Grace College Sports Information Director