Michael Rardon, DePauw University, Men's Tennis

MICHAEL RARDON OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a junior on the men's tennis team from Indianapolis, Ind., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending May 8, 2011.

A communication major and economics minor at DePauw, Rardon has distinguished himself both on and off the tennis courts. Playing number one singles and number two doubles, primarily, Rardon has a 15-16 singles mark and a 22-5 doubles record this season and is currently ranked 10th in singles in the Central Region.

An All-SCAC honoree again this season, Rardon serves as a captain for the 17th-ranked Tigers and has also been part of DePauw's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He is 53-39 in singles matches and 62-24 in doubles play in his career. He was an all-SCAC selection as a sophomore and named to the SCAC All-Tournament Team as a freshman as well as the inaugural SCAC All-Sportsmanship Tennis Team.

Rardon has interned at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center where he served as a ski instructor for children with mental and physical disabilities. He also has volunteered as a coach for the Washington Township Tennis Camp during two summers.

Rardon also has been involved with the Big Brother Big Sister Program since 2008 and, in the summer of 2010, he studied abroad at the Trinity Rome Campus.