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HCAC Announces 2025 Fall Sportsmanship Team

CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the Christopher M. Ragsdale Sportsmanship team for the fall competition in 2025.

The HCAC All-Sportsmanship Award is named in honor of former HCAC Commissioner, Christopher M. Ragsdale who served as the Commissioner from 2009 to 2018. In its inaugural season, the All-Sportsmanship team was recognized following each sports season, and the league has returned to this practice of honoring athletes outside of the conference championship season to elevate the focus placed on these deserving individuals.

The sportsmanship award was developed as part of a conference-wide sportsmanship initiative in 2009. Members of the All-HCAC Sportsmanship team for each championship season include two athletes from each member institution, each of whom are selected by their schools as individuals who represent values that are associated with positive sportsmanship on and off the field/court. Nominees must have demonstrated consistently values such as fairness, respect, integrity, support and positivity in their participation in intercollegiate athletics within the HCAC.

HCAC Christopher M. Ragsdale Sportsmanship Team Fall 2025:

Anderson University:
Jake Simpson, Senior, Football
Rebekah Fannin, Senior, Women's Soccer

Berea College:
Eric Acosta, Senior, Men's Soccer
Kristin Fischli, Senior, Women's Soccer

Bluffton University:
Collin Scheid, Junior, Men's Soccer
Makenna Curtin, First Year, Women's Soccer

Earlham College:
Levi Call, Senior, Men's Cross Country
Ava Walters, Senior, Women's Volleyball

Franklin College:
Sam Wilson, Senior, Men's Cross Country
Jetta Norris, Senior, Women's Soccer

Hanover College:
Omar Dizdar, Senior, Men's Soccer
Natalie West, Sophomore, Women's Volleyball

Manchester University:
Ethan Skinner, Junior, Football
Jameela Hydre Yusoff, Junior, Women's Soccer

Mount St. Joseph University:
Carter Lindeman, Senior, Football
Lindsey Bevak, Junior, Women's Soccer

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology:
Oliver Fila, Junior, Men's Soccer
Ellie Harshany, Senior, Women's Volleyball

Transylvania University:
Leo Bill, Senior, Men's Soccer
Jaimye Cottongim, Senior, Women's Soccer

For more information on all things HCAC, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.