The new baseball coach at
Gallaudet University will get a soccer award this Saturday. Curtis Pride is the recipient of the
2008 Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Achievement by the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Pride is a former Major League outfielder and will be officially honored at the
NSCAA All-America Luncheon in St. Louis this weekend.
According to the NSCAA, the award is supposed to go to a recipient who "exhibits the qualities of sportsmanship, integrity, respect and concern for others, leadership, generosity and appreciation and should exhibit a strong work ethic and have the ability to rise above adversity."