Robert McCarthy, Hendrix College, Men's Lacrosse

ROBERT MCCARTHY OF HENDRIX COLLEGE, a junior defender on the men’s lacrosse team from Richardson, Texas, has been selected as the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending May 13, 2012.

McCarthy, who was just selected to the 2012 SCAC Men's Lacrosse All-Sportsmanship Team, is a volunteer with HEAT (Hendrix Experience Ambassador Team), providing campus tours, overnight hosting and airport runs of potential Hendrix students for the admissions office. He also volunteers as a Peer Leader for the New Student Orientation program.

As a part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, McCarthy helped volunteer at the Special Olympics in Conway. He has also helped with Upward Basketball and teaching lacrosse at elementary schools in Little Rock and Conway.

In Texas, McCarthy has volunteered for Plano East Lacrosse and at the North Texas Combined Uniformed Service Academies Holiday Ball.