VMI Athletics

We may not win — but we’re terrific losers!

CHARLOTTE, N.C, Sept. 16, 2008 – The Virginia Military Institute has been named the winner of the Big South Conference’s annual Institutional Sportsmanship Award for the 2007-08 athletic season, it was announced by the League office Tuesday afternoon. VMI receives the honor for the third consecutive year and has claimed the honor all three years of the award’s history.

Actually that’s not fair. VMI excells in what I consider the Spartan sports — track & field, wrestling, shooting, boxing, etc. Real bare bones shit, outside the auspices of the powerhouse franchise programs like NCAA football and basketball. Take away the glamour, the millions of dollars in merchandising, the high paid coaches, trainers, and sports docs, and put our cadets into a simple Greek Games type of arena. There, our performance is remarkable — considering our student body is a mere 1400.

Small size, big hearts, and an amazing warrior ethos. And hey, we’re good sports about it all to boot.