ROLLA, Mo. – Two Missouri S&T student-athletes – Braden Mahurin (Dixon, MO/Dixon) and Cameryn Boucher (Chandler, Ariz./Basha) -- have been named as the institution's recipient of the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award winners for the 2020-21 school year.  The award winners were announced today by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Each institution – through the head coach – names one award honoree in each sport sponsored. These individual sport honorees became candidates for the individual James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award, then each institution selects one male and one female student-athlete from its season-long list of honorees to be named as James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award winners. 

Mahurin, a junior catcher on the Miner baseball team, is majoring in engineering management at Missouri S&T and is coming off a season in which he batted .298 and drove in seven runs.  He was also the baseball team's nominee for the honor following both the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Boucher, who recently graduated from Missouri S&T with a bachelor's degree in biochemical engineering, was a four-year member of the women's soccer program and a starter along the back line.  This was the first season in which Boucher had been nominated for the honor.

During the 2020-21 academic year, Missouri S&T's swimming, men's golf and women's soccer teams were selected as the team award recipients for their respective sports, as the Miner program was one of just three in the GLVC that had at least three of its teams selected.
 
The GLVC renamed its annual sportsmanship award in 2016 after Spalding, who is referenced as one of the league's two "Founding Fathers" and for his longtime service at Bellarmine. Long revered as one of the league's pioneers, Spalding was inducted as a charter member of the GLVC Hall of Fame in 2001. He died in 2012 at the age of 79, following a lengthy illness.

2020-21 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD WINNERS
 

Men's Cross Country: Illinois Springfield	Women's Cross Country: Southwest Baptist
Football: Truman State	Volleyball: Southwest Baptist & William Jewell
Men's Soccer: Missouri-St. Louis	Women's Soccer: Missouri S&T
Men's Swimming: Missouri S&T	Women's Swimming: Lindenwood
Men's Basketball: McKendree & Southwest Baptist	Women's Basketball: Southwest Baptist
Women's Bowling: McKendree	Wrestling: Davenport
Men's Lacrosse: Quincy	Women's Lacrosse: Quincy
Men's Golf: Missouri S&T	Women's Golf: Maryville
Men's Tennis: Quincy	Women's Tennis: Southern Indiana
Baseball: Truman State	Softball: Quincy
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Indianapolis	Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Southwest Baptist

2020-21 GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
 

School	Male Winner	Female Winner
Drury	Conley Garrison, Basketball	Serena Berrey, Golf
Illinois Springfield	Tyler Pasley, Cross Country	Natalie Cokel, Softball
Indianapolis	Brian Sales, Outdoor Track & Field	Pilar Echeverria, Golf
Lewis	Keith Parkman II, Lacrosse	Jamie Hansen, Soccer
Lindenwood	Hector Horcajada, Men's Tennis	Kat Finnerty, Volleyball
Maryville	Bailey Kelly, Wrestling	Hannah Tolley, Softball
McKendree	Jaimie Omalla, Outdoor Track & Field	Rebecca Hagerman, Bowling
Missouri S&T	Braden Mahurin (Dixon, MO/Dixon), Baseball	Cameryn Boucher (Chandler, Ariz./Basha), Soccer
Missouri-St. Louis	Juan Antonio Padilla, Golf	Jessica Mrzlak, Softball
Quincy	Jacob Kalusniak, Baseball	Alaina Rothermich, Volleyball
Rockhurst	Jake Bastien, Lacrosse	McKenna Leetch, Soccer
Southern Indiana	Josef Winkler, Soccer	Callie Gubera, Volleyball
Southwest Baptist	Asa Carter, Outdoor Track & Field	Regan Tibbits, Basketball
Truman	Carson Lackey, Outdoor Track & Field	Hannah Pinkston, Basketball
William Jewell	Anthony Hansen, Baseball	Maddie Wingert, Volleyball