Feb. 16, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M women's tennis player Stephanie Davidson has been selected to the Big 12/Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions, the conference office announced today.
Davidson, a senior sport management major from Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, is active in Aggie Athletes Involved (AAI) and is vice president of Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). This past fall, she served as co-chair of 2010 AAI Aggies CAN, the largest student-athlete run food drive in the nation which resulted in the collection of a record $15,160 in addition to 3,485 pounds of canned food to benefit the Brazos Valley Food Bank.
On the court, Davidson leads the Aggies in doubles victories with a 10-6 mark in 2010-11, and she needs only one more win to give her 84 for her career and move her into a 10th-place tie in the A&M all-time records.
During the fall, winter and spring terms, the Big 12, in conjunction with Chick-fil-A, honors one student-athlete from each institution based on the following criteria:
• Academics: An academic standard of a 3.00 grade point average or higher must be maintained.
• Community Service: The designated student-athlete should be involved with at least one community service program. The program(s) could be a student organization on campus or within the athletics department.
• Leadership/Sportsmanship: The student-athlete should demonstrate leadership and sportsmanship on and off the field.
The institution of the student-athletes' on this list will be awarded $3,000 each year from Chick-fil-A for their efforts.
The following is the complete list of 2011 Winter Chick-Fil-A Community of Champions:
Name, Class, School, Sport
Lindsay Palmer, Jr., Baylor, Women's Basketball
Julie Seabrook, Jr., Colorado, Women's Basketball
Amy Bauer, Sr., Iowa State, Women's Swimming & Diving
Amanda Maez, Sr., Kansas, Women's Swimming & Diving
Ali Pistora, Sr., Kansas State, Women's Indoor Track & Field
Laurence Bowers, Jr., Missouri, Men's Basketball
Brittnee Habbib, Sr., Nebraska, Gymnastics
Eric Bailey, Sr., Oklahoma, Men's Indoor Track & Field
Erin Prutow, Sr., Oklahoma State, Equestrian
Kathleen Nash, Sr., Texas, Women's Basketball
Stephanie Davidson, Sr., Texas A&M, Women's Tennis
Shauntal Nobles, Fr.-RS, Texas Tech, Women's Basketball
Davidson and the Aggies (3-2) return to action, Thursday, Feb. 24, when they play host to No. 62 Fresno State. First serve against the Bulldogs is set for 6 p.m. at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.