GREAT MIDWEST AWARDS DESCRIPTION
Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male and Female Collegiate Achievement Awards
Each institution shall nominate one male and one female finalist for the Collegeiate Achievement Award, employing the institution's own selection process.The nominees will be selected on the basis of athletic accomplishments, academic successes, and contributions to their specific sport(s) and the institution's overall athletic program over the student-atheletes collegiate career at the institution.
Each athletic department will forward its male and female nominees to the Conference Office by May 1 of each year along with a summary of achievements not to exceed 200 words. The Conference Office will assimilate nominees' credentials and distribute ballots to Athletic Directors, Senior Woman Administrators, and Sports Information Directors, who will vote for the nominees in preferential order with ballots returned to the Conference Office. The Conference Office will tabulate the ballots and announce the winners, who will receive their award in person during the Spring Meeting Awards Banquet.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male and Female Athletes of the Year
Each institution shall nominate one male and one female finalist for Conference Male and Female Athlete of the Year, employing the institution's own selection process. The nominees will be selected on the basis of athletic accomplishments and contributions to their specific sport(s) and the institution's overall athletic program.
Each athletic department will forward its male and female nominees to the Conference Office by June 1 of each year along with a summary of achievements not to exceed 200 words. The Conference Office will assimilate nominees' credentials and distribute ballots to Sports Information Directors, who will vote for all the nominees in preferential order with ballots returned to the Conference Office. The Conference Office will tabulate the ballots and announce the winners, who will receive their award over the summer.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Each academic year, the Conference shall grant Conference Scholar-Athlete Awards to one male member and one female member who has compiled the most outstanding record in athletics, scholarship and leadership. Nominees must have completed (1) full playing season in their school-sponsored sport.
Each Faculty Athletics Representative will forward male and female nominees to the Conference Office by June 1 of each year along with a summary of achievements not to exceed 200 words. The Conference Office will assimilate nominees' credentials and distribute ballots to the Faculty Athletics Representatives Council, which will vote for all the nominees in preferential order with ballots returned to the Conference Office. The Conference Office will tabulate the ballots and announce the winner, presenting award plaques to the male/female recipients.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team
Each academic year, the Conference shall name an Academic All-Conference Team. To be eligible, the student-athlete's grade point average must be a minimum of 3.30 based on the 4.0 system. The GPA shall be cumulative for the student-athlete's entire collegiate career. Eligible student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution.
Each Faculty Athletics Representative will forward nominees to the Conference Office by June 1 of each year certifying that they have met the criteria stipulated. The Conference Office will tabulate the nominees and announce the Academic All-Conference Teams. Award certificates will be mailed to the recipients' institutions.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams
Head coaches of member institutions shall nominate players for the official All-Conference team in sports the Conference offers. Nominations for the All-Conference teams will be submitted online according to times and schedules set by the Assistant Commissioner for Communications. The official ballot will be compiled and returned to the head coaches for a vote. Only the head coach or a designee from the institution shall vote in determining the All-Conference team.
Coaches may not vote for their own players. The breakdown of each All-Conference team shall be in accordance with guidelines specified in the Sports Operating Code for each sport. Players from institutions that fail to vote for All-Conference selections will be disqualified from receiving All-Conference awards.
All-Conference teams shall be elected as follows:
a) Players will be ranked, by position if applicable, according to the number of players on the team with a rank of one (1) being the highest. Each rank will carry a numeric value to be used in tallying the votes.
b) Players receiving the most points for each position (when applicable) will be selected as members of the first team.
c) The players receiving the second highest number of points will be selected to the second team.
d) All other players receiving points will be named honorable mention.
The All-Conference Teams shall be announced at the postseason awards banquet associated with the Conference Championship. All-Conference team members are awarded plaques. If there is no banquet in a particular sport, awards shall be announced at a time between the end of the Conference regular season and the start of the Conference postseason tournament.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference Individual Sport Awards
Recipients of the following awards are given certificates through the Conference Office:
1. The Conference shall honor the Freshman of the Year in all sports in which a Conference Championship is declared. The Freshman of the Year is defined as a player in his/her first year of intercollegiate competition in any sport. The award will be selected by a vote of the coaches.
2 The Conference shall honor a Coach(es) of the Year in all sports in which a Conference Championship is declared. The award will be selected by a vote of the coaches.
3 The Conference shall honor a Player/Athlete(s) of the Year in all sports in which a Conference Championship is declared. The award can be modified to reward a specific attribute(s) (e.g., Offensive, Defensive, Sportsmanship), in accordance with guidelines specified in the Sports Operating Code for each sport, and will be selected by a vote of the coaches.
4 The Conference may honor a Newcomer of the Year in all sports in which a Conference Championship is declared. Newcomer is defined as a first-year new player in the Conference who is not a freshman (e.g., junior college transfer or 4-4 transfer). The award will be selected by a vote of the coaches.
All awards are produced courtesy of the G-MAC's Official Supplier of Awards:
Bardach Awards