WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed over 100 student-athletes from area high schools for a Sportsmanship Summit.

The Northeast Corner Conference held the summit on Wednesday on Grace's campus.

Several student-athletes from each NECC school attended the conference, which was designed to educate student-athletes about sportsmanship and character training in athletics.

"We are pleased to be a part of building character at the high school level through the Sportsmanship Summit," Briscoe said. "We hope it served as a great opportunity to educate and reinforce character education and to help promote the importance of sportsmanship for each student-athlete."

Students spent the day together working in groups to discuss and challenge one another in sportsmanship and character-building opportunities in the athletic realm. The students participated in a number of team-oriented activities to build camaraderie among the schools in the conference.

The Sportsmanship Summit featured sessions from Roger Grossman and Briscoe. Student-athletes also took turns sitting on a panel and answered questions in a peer-to-peer teaching environment.