Rachel Ramos, Austin College, Softball

RACHEL RAMOS OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a junior outfielder on the 'Roos softball team from Fort Worth, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending March 24, 2013.

Ramos has been an extremely active member of the Austin College community since arriving on campus, including being a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council in addition to her multiple community service projects. She is a member of both the softball and women’s cross country teams, and during her time at Austin College has also been involved with the Path 4 Life Student Center in Tom Bean, Texas, in which she mentored adolescent youth and helped apply for grants to improve the facility.

Ramos has also worked as a volunteer at the Preston Retirement Home in Sherman, visiting with residents and also making ornaments and playing bingo during the holiday season. She has also worked with the Downtown Denison Project in Denison, Texas, helping to create a marketing plan to recruit volunteers to the Downtown Denison area, and creating a YouTube slideshow of various shops and areas that needed volunteers.

In addition, Ramos has worked as a volunteer for the Sherman Pitch, Hit, and Run organization, and as a volunteer for the Waterloo Race in Denison. Rachel has also participated in the YMCA Tour de Texas to promote healthy living, has volunteered at the Sherman Soup Kitchen as well as the Sherman Animal Shelter, and also volunteered with the Fort Worth Turkey Trot. She is also a blood donor with Carter Blood Care in Sherman.