CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? VMI has been named the winner of the Big South Conference's annual Institutional Sportsmanship Award for the 2007-08 athletic season, it was announced by the League office Tuesday afternoon.  VMI receives the honor for the third consecutive year and has claimed the honor all three years of the award's history.

The overall winner is determined on a system recognizing the highest percentage of the maximum possible points an institution is capable of achieving for each team award. The team awards were voted on by Big South student-athletes following each Conference championship.

VMI, which was honored with four team sportsmanship awards in 2007-08, was tops among the Big South membership with a 40.76 percentage of the maximum points received in its sponsored League sports.  VMI was voted by Big South student-athletes as the top sportsmanship team in women's soccer, men's soccer, football and baseball in 2007-08.