Elizabeth Sigafoose, Millsaps College, Women's Basketball

ELIZABETH SIGAFOOSE OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a Biology major with a double minor in Chemistry and Psychology from Long Beach, Miss., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending March 11, 2012.

A junior guard on the women's baskeball, team, Sigafoose has been a Dean and President Scholar and on the SCAC academic honor roll selection. A member of Tri Beta, the Biology Honorary; Alpha Epsilon Delta, the Pre-Health Honorary; and a member of the Psychology Club, she is the women’s basketball representative on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and has participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Sigafoose volunteers at several local hospitals and medical centers, including the University Medical Center at the Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants, where she cares for newborns, and Mission First which is a non-profit medical clinic serving the Jackson community. She recently started volunteer work at the Methodist Specialty Care Center, where she help disabled residents with day to day activities.

Sigafoose has also volunteered at the Mississippi Basketball Association’s after-school program for children. In this program, the children learn how to play basketball and receive help with their homework from staff members. She also maintain a part-time job working in the Hall Activities Center and is currently playing in her third year for the Millsaps basketball team.