Lexi Beeson, Austin College, Women's Basketball

LEXI BEESON OF AUSTIN COLLEGE has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending February 24, 2013.

Beeson, a junior guard and two year starter for the Kangaroo women’s basketball team from Kenai, Alaska, has been an extremely active member of the Austin College community during her three years in Sherman.

In addition to being a member of the basketball team, she is a Dean’s List student and member of the SCAC Academic Honor Roll, and is a member of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. As a member of APO, Beeson has served on the committee for ‘Roo Boo, an annual community event at Halloween, and helps maintain the organization’s adopted stretch of highway with regular trash pick ups.

Beeson also serves as the Vice President for Marketing for the Campus Activities Board, and last year served as the president of the Student Athlete Advisory Council. While working with the SAAC, she helped to plan and organize an event in which Austin College student-athletes volunteered with the Special Olympics Regional Track Meet, and will be involved in the same event this spring. She also serves as the historian for Alpha Phi Omega, and is a junior class representative for the Student Assembly.

Beeson has also volunteered as part of the Austin College Great Day of Service at the Sherman Women’s Crisis Center and is the athletic department’s Tim Calvert Intern for Sports Information.