Zoe Clark, Rhodes College, Women's Soccer

ZOE CLARK OF RHODES COLLEGE, a senior midfielder on the women's soccer team who hails from Albuquerque, N.M., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending October 2, 2011.

Clark is a member of Beta Beta Beta (Biology Honor Society), American Chemical Society, and Rhodes’ Mortar Board. She is a teaching assistant for Comparative Vertebrate Morphology and has done chemistry research for Dr. Cafiero at Rhodes.

Clark volunteered with refugee resettlement and support in New Mexico where she taught English as a second language. Last spring in Costa Rica she volunteered at Albergue San Gabriel for terminal kids and their families. Earlier in her career at Rhodes she participated in a tutoring program with Memphis Literacy Corps, volunteered at University of New Mexico children’s hospital, and taught sexual health to young women and coached soccer while in Honduras.

Most recently Clark has organized the Rhodes women’s soccer race team for the St. Jude marathon. This December many of the current players, alumni, friends and family of players will participate in various facets of the race. Some participants will be running the marathon, more will run the half marathon, and most will be working the Rhodes watering station during the race. Clark has been instrumental in the Lynx’ efforts of raising $2,000 for the St. Jude’s cancer research fund. The Lynx will be selling t-shirts to help support the fundraising efforts that will have the names of family members that are battling or have lost their fight with cancer.    

To visit the team’s website for the race or to donate, please click here.