LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Ian Davis of Schreiner University and Emily Low of Austin College have been selected as the SCAC Male and Female Character & Community Student-Athletes of the Week, respectively, for the week ending Sunday, April 13.
The SCAC Character & Community award was created in 2009 to
honor and recognize the efforts of the
extraordinary student-athletes of the conference who not
only excel athletically on the field, course, court, pool or
track, but also by serving their campus and community.
To view past winners of the award, click here.
IAN DAVIS OF SCHREINER UNIVERSITY, a junior
from Helotes, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character &
Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending
Sunday, April 13, 2014.
Davis is the unquestioned leader for Schreiner men’s
golf. His contributions are both on and off the course, but his
biggest impact may well be on the campus community and could last
well beyond graduation. This year, Davis has been the
driving inspiration behind the creation of the Schreiner Sports
Network, one of the first totally-student run organizations to
promote athletics events and teams in the state of Texas. SSN put
out its first web-based edition just before the winter break and
now does weekly highlights and updates which are posted to YouTube
and available on the Schreiner Athletics website. Although the SSN
staff has grown to more than a dozen students, Davis is the
do-everything cog that makes it all work, performing most of the
hands-on duties needed to make the enterprise go.
A Communications Major with a desire to pursue a career either in
front of the camera or behind it, Davis has been heavily
involved with a number of other projects this year. He continues to
assist with the San Antonio Food Bank, helped resurrect the
Schreiner Faculty/Staff vs. Students softball game, worked on the
Turkey Trot 5K to benefit local charities. He has volunteered to
serve as a public address announcer for Schreiner basketball and
volleyball. He also recently worked to create an “Around the
Horn” sports knowledge contest and event on campus to
determine the most sports-savvy student on campus (through
SSN).
Davis, along with his family, have provided financial support for
the past five years as sponsors of a girl in Ghana to help with the
costs of her education and has kept in contact with her over the
years via the internet. He also recently volunteered to work at the
Valero Texas Open (PGA Tour) and the 2014 NCAA Final Four in
Dallas.
All of these activities have made it tough on Davis to
stay sharp for the 17th-ranked SU men’s golf team but he was
a member of the travel team at the 2013 NCAA D-III National
Championships, where the Mountaineers finished 15th out of 41
teams. He was also a member of the travel team for the 2013
Golfweek Invitational where Schreiner finished eighth out of
18 of the top teams in the nation. His leadership goes well beyond
the course, as he is the team captain again this year.
Davis earned President’s List distinction last spring,
and Dean’s List this past fall. He also was on the Academic
Honor Roll in both semesters of the 2011-12 season and was part of
the Team GPA Award winners for 2013.
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.