Kory Kilpatrick, Rhodes College, Men's Basketball

KORY KILPATRICK OF RHODES COLLEGE, a senior post from Athens, Georgia, on the men's basketball team, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending January 15, 2012.

Kilpatrick has been a major varsity contributor to the men’s basketball program for four years. But in addition to his efforts on the hardwood, Kilpatrick has also been a valuable member of the Rhodes and greater Memphis community.

He has served as a tutor for first and second graders at a local elementary school - a project he also helps fund. He has also served as a member of the Lynx Club for Special Olympics program at Rhodes, and has been a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee for four years.

Since 2009, Kilpatrick has raised/donated more than $25,000 benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami relief, the Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America, and the Red Cross. In addition, he is the youngest "major" donor to the American Red Cross in their Mid-South chapter.