The Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct (CSEC) announced that the St. John Fisher College's baseball team has been named the national 2008 NCAA Sportsmanship Male Award winner.

Nominees for this award must exemplify positive sportsmanship characterizing the highest level of respect, caring, fairness, unselfishness, civility, honesty, integrity and responsibility during competition. Each conference may nominate one female and male candidate who has exemplified one or more of the criteria.

The St. John Fisher College's baseball team faced SUNY Oswego in a play-in game for the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. The head coach from Oswego was struck in the side of the head by a line drive. The St. John Fisher's team decided unanimously to concede the game to SUNY Oswego, allowing them to win and focus on the health of their coach. SUNY Oswego went on to win the ECAC tournament.

The CSEC selects a male and a female winner from each of the three NCAA divisions. The candidate pool also includes nominees from independent institutions. From the divisional winners, one national male and female winner is chosen for the NCAA national award.