Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Gallaudet Coach Honored

The new baseball coach at Gallaudet University will get a soccer award this Saturday. Curtis Pride is the recipient of the 2008 Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Achievement by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Pride is a former Major League outfielder and will be officially honored at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon in St. Louis this weekend.

According to the NSCAA, the award is supposed to go to a recipient who "exhibits the qualities of sportsmanship, integrity, respect and concern for others, leadership, generosity and appreciation and should exhibit a strong work ethic and have the ability to rise above adversity."

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