READING, Mass. – On behalf of the Endicott men’s basketball team, head coach Phil Rowe accepted the Eastern New England Sam Schoenfeld Award from the College Basketball Officials Association. 
 
The Schoenfeld Award, named after the former college basketball great who passed away in early 1956 from illness, is the highest honor that the CBOA bestows on any collegiate institution.  It recognizes colleges and university annually that exemplify “the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics among their players, coaches, and spectators.” 
 
Endicott was one of 11 institutions honored with the regional award. 
 
Sam Schoenfeld, one of the founding fathers of the CBOA, possessed a great deal of energy, impeccable honesty and a charismatic personality.  The award in his name is presented annually to a college or university that exhibits the principles and characteristics so prominently displayed by Schoenfeld. 
 
The list of all regional Schoenfeld Award winners are listed below:
 
Baltimore-Washington                      Washington College
Harrisburg                                           Dickinson College
Lehigh-Scranton                                Scranton University
Philadelphia                                       Haverford College*
Eastern New England                      Endicott College
Western New England                     Elms College
Metro New Jersey                             Kean University
Metro New York                                 Mercy College
Western Upstate New York             Buffalo State
Pittsburgh                                           LaRoche College
Eastern New York                             Hobart College
 
*Overall winner