Honorable mention means that you were not first team second team or third team in your respective sport, and you were the best of what is left in terms of players. Lets say your talking about honorable mention in terms of your conference in high school volleyball. If you are not on the first team all conference or the second team all conference you are going to be honorable mention if your play during the season has made you become an honorable mention. Honorable mention is never a bad thing either.

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No ribbon or medal is assocciated with an honourable mention in generally. Mentioned in Despatches is a pre-requisite for the awarding of some medals. Though different countries have different criteria.

In the UK a spray of oak leaves is attached to the campaign medal of the action.

The 'Honorable Mention' badge is given to contributors who were nominated but did not win in the voting for the WAmmy awards. This award is given out to members who work hard on the site, and are given out in various categories such as 'Most category changes'.

all conference means ur tops in da ur league and ur conference but honorable mention iz da guys and girl who almost made it and had a great years but other people were slighty better than them---but obviously all_conference is what most people try to aim for and its betta but honorable mention is not so bad either