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Tech football earns second straight OVC Sportsmanship Award

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Over the past two seasons, it has been a common occurrence to hear coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference talk about how Tennessee Tech football is building its program the right way.

Evidence of that belief was handed down on Wednesday as the conference awarded the Golden Eagles its 2019-20 Team Sportsmanship Award for football – the second-straight year the award went to Tech and third overall since the award was originally presented in 2005.

“It’s special and it means a lot to us because it represents what we’re about,” Tech head coach Dewayne Alexander said. “Of course we want to be successful on the field, but we want to win doing things the right way. Our student-athletes should be doing the right things on and off the field.

“That’s what the Golden Eagle Way is all about. It’s an honor to see our peers recognize that and see what’s going on here. Doing things the right way is important to us and it’s an honor for everyone associated with our program to be recognized for that.”