A&M's Davidson Honored With ITA Sportsmanship Award
May 15, 2011 | Women's Tennis
May 15, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M women's tennis player Stephanie Davidson has been named the winner of the ITA Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship for the Texas Region, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced.
The senior from Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, is now a finalist with 11 other regional winners for the ITA national award, which will be presented May 24 at the NCAA Championships in Stanford, Calif.
The ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship goes to a Division I women's player who displays inspiring dedication and commitment to her team, which has enhanced her team's performance and exemplified the spirit of college tennis. It dates back to 1997 and is memory of the late and widely admired Penn women's tennis coach Cissie Leary.
The award is one of several honors Davidson has received this year. The sports management major was one of four Texas A&M students to receive the prestigious Margaret Rudder Service Award, announced at the Parents' Weekend All-University Awards Ceremony last month. The Margaret Rudder Community Service Award recognizes and awards those who significantly impact their community and, as a result, are themselves impacted by their contribution.
Earlier this year, Davidson was selected to the Big 12/Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions. 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.
Davidson, a member of the Academic All-Big 12 second team, is active in Aggie Athletes Involved (AAI) and served as vice president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). This past fall, she gave more than 100 hours serving 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.
Davidson recently completed her four-year tennis career with the fourth most doubles victories in A&M history. This past season Davidson led the Aggies (15-9) in doubles victories with a 24-12 mark to finish 97-45 in her career.
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