The Sportsmanship Award is awarded to a team each year that exhibits the most sportsmanship towards each team that is participating in the NCASB Tournament. The previous winning team will then vote within themselves and decide on who the next winner will be, to be presented at the annual banquet. The table below shows all previous winners since inception in 2002.
| Spirit Award Year | Winner | Host School |
| 2002 | Missouri | Tennessee |
| 2003 | Illinois | Ohio |
| 2004 | Kansas | Indiana |
| 2005 | Indiana | Tennessee |
| 2006 | Arkansas | Ohio |
| 2007 | Ohio | Indiana |
| 2008 | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| 2009 | Missouri | Ohio |
| 2010 | Kansas | Indiana |
| 2011 | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| 2012 | Ohio | Ohio |
| 2013 | Iowa | Indiana |
| 2014 | Kentucky | Tennessee |