Emily Low, Austin College, Softball

EMILY LOW OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a freshman on the 'Roos softball team, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending April 13, 2014.

Low, who hails from League City, Texas, has been an active member in the Austin College community as well as in her home community and abroad. During her time at Austin College she has become an active member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council in addition to becoming a key member of the Kangaroo softball team, where she has been a starter throughout the season.

Before she ever began working out with the Kangaroo softball team however, Low was already actively involved with various Austin College community service projects. At the beginning of this school year, she volunteered her time to help package and send food to more than 16,000 needy individuals in Honduras, and over Christmas break she teamed with the organization Elves & More to build bicycles for deserving children. She also helped to deliver these bikes to the kids for the holiday.

She has also been an active participant in helping her head coach Andrea Vangoss run the Austin College Softball Hitting Camp, where she volunteers her time to instruct younger players new drills and various ways to improve their games. In addition to her work at Austin College both within the realm of softball and also volunteering elsewhere, she has also worked with Toys for Tots, where she helped to sort the toys for needy children, as well as working as a bell ringer for donations to the Salvation Army during the Holiday season. Low also worked with the organization Christmas Angels, helping to provide gifts for children who would otherwise not have had a Christmas, and has worked with the Galveston Food Bank in various canned food drives to bring food to hungry families.