CHITRA KAVOUSPOUR OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a senior outside hitter and four-year starter on the women's volleyball team, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending December 13, 2009.

Kavouspour, who hails from Plano, Texas, is a Biology/ESS major who hopes to attend medical school and begin practicing as a geriatric doctor. Her study off campus has included time at the St. Elizabeth Hospital Trauma Unit where she shadowed a variety of specialists for a period of four weeks.

During her time at Austin College, Kavouspour has exhibited leadership qualities in various volunteer efforts. She was part of MVP - Mentor In violence Prevention - after being nominated to go through a three-day training process. After completing training, Kavouspour helped students on campus to learn about the issues of violence in day-to-day situations and also helped to inform students on physical and mental abuse and where to get help.

Kavouspour was also a C/I (Communication Inquiry) Leader for a group of 20 freshman students during the 2009 fall semester. In this capacity, she helped run class discussions, prepare students, revise papers and evaluate presentations.

A member of Alpha Delta Chi Sorority since 2007, Kavouspour has also served as a volunteer with the Sneed Texoma prairie restoration and the Texoma Womens Crisis center.