BOSTON – Suffolk men's basketball head coach Jeff Juron has been honored by the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association (CBOA) as the 2019-20 Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Schoenfeld, former college basketball great, who possessed a great deal of energy, impeccable honesty and a charismatic personality, was one of CBOA's founding fathers. He espoused integrity and strong character, which set him part from most men. A brief illness took Sam's life in early 1956, and, as a result, CBOA memorialized him through an award that would be annually presented to a person who exemplified the principles and characteristics so prominently displayed by Sam Schoenfeld.
Accordingly, the award is presented to the college or University which, in the judgement of the CBOA membership best exemplifies the "highest degree of sportsmanship character and ethics among their players, coaches and spectators."
This is the highest honor that CBOA annually bestows on any collegiate institution.
Prior to tip-off of Suffolk's regular-season finale, Juron accepted the honor from Executive Director of CBOA and Larry Last, the Coordinator of Officiating for New England College Basketball.
Juron, who is in his fifth season as Suffolk's head coach, is the first-ever Rams' head coach to be recognized with the prestigious award, and first coach in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), as well as Suffolk's future conference, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), which the Rams will join in the 2020-21 season, to accept the accolade.
The 2019 GNAC Coach of the Year, brought his talents to Boston after playing for and coaching with 2009-10 Sam Schoenfeld honoree Michael Neer.
This is the third time on the blue-and-gold's bench that Juron's squad has been called out for its sportsmanship, as the Rams were back-to-back All-GNAC Sportsmanship Institutions in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, respectively.
In his short tenure on Suffolk's bench, Juron has helped the Rams to four consecutive post-season berths with the fifth post-season ticket one game away for the blue-and-gold. Under this guidance, two student-athletes have joined the coveted 1K Club – Michael Hagopian and Thomas Duffy in 2018-19. Additionally, Alex Jacovides led NCAA Division III in three-point shooting percentage last year and seven all-league recognitions highlighted by Brendan Mulson's rookie of the year status in 2016-17.
Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award
1956-57 Canisius College Joseph Curran
1957-58 University of Massachusetts Robert Curran
1958-59 New York University Louis Rossini
1959-60 Penn State University John S. Egli
1960-61 Harvard University Floyd S. Wilson
1961-62 Ithaca College Carlton Wood
1962-63 Niagara University John Gallagher
1963-64 Temple University Harry Litwack
1964-65 St. Joseph's College John T. Ramsey
1965-66 Harvard University Floyd S. Wilson
1966-67 Rutgers University William Foster
1967-68 St. Bonaventure University Lawrence Weise
1968-69 Stevens Institute John S. Lyon
1969-70 Albright College Wilbur G. Renken
1970-71 Geneseo State College Thomas A. Pope
1971-72 Gettysburg College Robert T. Hulton
1972-73 University of Pennsylvania Charles Daly
1973-74 Harvard University Thomas S. Sanders
1974-75 Monmouth College William T. Boyland
1975-76 Rider College John B. Carpenter
1976-77 Providence College David R. Gavitt
1977-78 Bentley College Al Shields
1978-79 Old Dominion University Paul Webb
1979-80 Montclair State Oliver S. Gelston
1980-81 Susquehanna University Don Harnum
1981-82 Seton Hall University Hoddy Mahon
1982-83 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Fran O' Brien
1983-84 Lafayette College Will Rackley
1984-85 No Award Given
1985-86 Brown University Mike Cingiser
1986-87 Central Connecticut State Bill Detrick
1987-88 Brooklyn College Mark Reiner
1988-89 Dickinson College Gene Evans
1989-90 Western N.E. College Peter Broaca
1990-91 Bentley College Frank Sullivan
1991-92 Bucknell University Charlie Woollum
1992-93 Kutztown University Bill Whitney
1993-94 Lycoming College Clarence "Dutch" Burch
1994-95 Hobart College Brian Streeter
1995-96 Gettysburg College George Petrie
1996-97 U.S. Naval Academy Don DeVoe
1997-98 Molloy College Charles Marquardt
1998-99 Sacred Heart University Dave Bike
1999-00 Allentown College Scott Coval
2000-01 Philadelphia University Herb Magee
2001-02 Merrimack College Bert Hammel
2002-03 Nazareth College Mike Daley
2003-04 Drew University Walter Townes
2004-05 Queens College Kyrk Peponakis
2005-06 Ursinus College Kevin Small
2006-07 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Mike Griffin
2007-08 Bridgewater State University Joe Farroba
2008-09 Muhlenburg University Dave Madeira
2009-10 University of Rochester Michael Neer
2010-11 Haverford College
2011-12 College of New Jersey
2012-13 Moravian College
2013-14 D'Youville College Earl Schunk
2014-15 Bard College Adam Turner
2015-16 Brooklyn College Rich Micallef
2016-17 City College of New York Tom Green
2017-18 Mercy College Michael Maczko
2018-19 Wesleyan University Joe Reilly
2019-20 Suffolk University Jeff Juron