HAMBURG, NY - Hilbert College and coach Rob deGrandpre were selected as the recipient of the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association’s (CBOA) Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award for the 2012-13 season.
This award was voted on by the collegiate basketball officials in Upstate New York, and is given to the school, coach, and players who best exemplify the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics, which are all characteristics of Sam Schoenfeld who was a founding father of CBOA. The award was presented by Kevin Ferguson (area rep), and Benjy Bluman (past president CBOA).
Hilbert (14-4) shared the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s regular season league title and hosted the AMCC championship weekend as the league’s number one-seeded team. The Hawks earned the program’s first 20-win season (20-6) and garnered two 1st Team-All Conference selections (Dan McFarland, Anthony Hodge) as well as the Newcomer of the Year and 3rd Team-All Conference (Jerame Owens) and Coach of the Year for deGrandpre.