MATT WISE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, a junior midfielder
from Portland, Ore., has been selected the SCAC Character &
Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending
Sunday, October 20.
Wise, a two-year co-captain and three-year letterwinner on the
men's soccer team, has tallied seven points on the 2013 season via
two goals and three assists. Both of his scores are of the
game-winning variety for head coach David Hoffmann’s squad.
Of note, Wise was named to the 2011 All-SCAC Third Team.
Off the soccer field, Wise, a Pre-Med/Biology major, is a key
leader in three University of Dallas student organizations. He is
the vice president of the Tri-Beta Biological Society, public
relations officer for the Pre-Health Society, and is actively
involved with the pro-life club Crusaders for Life.
With ambitions of becoming a doctor, Wise spent summer 2013
conducting ongoing research at Oregon Health and Science University
in the Interventional Neuroradiology Unit.
“I worked on the efficacy of a specific anti-platelet
therapy test,” Wise said, “that potentially aids stroke
victims and subarachnoid-hemorrhage patients undergoing
interventional procedures. I also volunteered with the physicians
when there was time.”
A true student-athlete, Wise has been working with University of
Dallas Physiology professor Dr. Slaughter to better understand and
strive to prevent Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears in female
athletes.
Wanting to give back for the greater good as a devout follower of
Jesus Christ, Wise has participated in some notable
community-service efforts.
In summer 2011, Wise volunteered at an oral-maxillofacial
surgeon’s office in Southwest Washington State.
While attending Jesuit High School, he worked with campers at the
Munroe-Meyer Institute’s recreational-therapy programs in
Omaha, Neb.
Wise also helped Open House Ministries, a transitional-housing
initiative in Southwest Washington State, in addition to leading
retreats at his high school through the Campus Ministry
program.
At the University of Dallas, he was accepted into the Study-Abroad
Program. “While studying in Rome, Italy, I participated in
the University of Dallas Volunteer Program,” Wise said.
“Some of my classmates and I taught English to Italian
elementary-school students.”
This semester, he assisted with the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar
Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Charities Healthcare Fair,
an event that administered low-cost healthcare to the people of
Irving, Texas.
Wise is planning a medical-mission trip to Apam, Ghana, where he
will work at Apam Catholic Hospital. The healthcare center employs
three doctors and serves 200 communities in the Gomoa District of
the Central Region.
“We would provide medically-related assistance, in addition
to improving the maternal-care center and potentially creating a
new optometry center,” Wise said. “Our project is
called The Apam Initiative.”
SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete of the Week |
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Week 1 | Bradley Snowden, Texas Lutheran University |
Week 2 | Brandon Douglas, Trinity University |
Week 3 | Gregg Simmons, Centenary College |
Week 4 | Matt Wise, University of Dallas |
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