FOREST, Va. – The Guilford College athletics department saw 13 student-athletes recognized by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) on the 2024-25 ODAC Sportsmanship Teams for the winter and spring seasons, as announced by the conference offices on Friday afternoon.
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Selected by the coaching staffs, a single student-athlete from each team that competes in the conference is selected as they best represent the Quakers and the ODAC as a whole for their dedication to fair play and good sportsmanship during competition.
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""Sportsmanship and respect are fundamental to the ODAC's mission," ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston stated in the conference release. "These student-athletes have been recognized for their commitment to fair play and respect for their opponents—qualities that deserve greater recognition. I thank these honorees for setting an outstanding example for all of us."
GC features a trio of repeat-selections from the 2023-24 picks among their 2024-25 honorees, with men's basketball's
Caleb Farrish (McLeansville, N.C.), women's basketball's
Madey Briggs (Sandy Ridge, N.C.), and men's lacrosse's
Wyatt Dwyer (Seattle, Wash.) representing their respective teams for the second-straight year. A fourth Quaker,
Bess Parnell (Cairo, Egypt), is also noteworthy as she was the Sportsmanship Team pick for Guilford for both the indoor and outdoor seasons of women's track & field.
The full list of Quakers honored on the 2024-25 ODAC Sportsmanship Teams for the winter and spring seasons are listed below:
Winter
Men's Basketball: Caleb Farrish
Women's Basketball: Madey Briggs
Women's Swimming: Bec Cormack
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Ahmaad Abdul-Haqq
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Bess Parnell
Spring
Baseball: Devin Tonkins
Men's Golf: Luke Wise
Men's Lacrosse: Wyatt Dwyer
Women's Lacrosse: Karly Smith
Softball: Dillon Northen
Men's Tennis: Emmanuel Oye
Women's Tennis: Chandler Sizemore
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Yassine Allam
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Bess Parnell
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