EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Community service is one of the most important parts of being a student-athlete at the University of Evansville and the Purple Aces continued to be active in that manner over the last year.
 
Over 98 organizations benefited from the volunteering of 243 student-athletes at UE.  They combined to post over 4,130.4 hours of work with those organizations.  Pacing the Aces sports teams was the softball squad, led by head coach Mat Mundell, whose team combined to serve 1,284.9 hours this year.
 
"Community service is a huge part of our program," Mundell said.  "We want our girls to be out in community making a positive impact. They have really embraced this and have done an amazing job serving."
 
UE Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA Sarah Solinsky echoed those sentiments.
 
"Coach Mundell, his staff and student-athletes have displayed a passion for serving our community and the efforts of the s/a's embodies our mission at UE for our students," Solinsky said.
 
Topping the list of UE student-athletes was Alex Latoria, who posted 137.5 hours of service.  She assisted in 12 different organizations.  For her efforts, she was one of ten student-athletes to earn the Missouri Valley Conference State Farm Good Neighbor Award for the 2017-18 spring season.
 
In order to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be in good academic standing, must demonstrate good citizenship through good sportsmanship and significant community service, and must participate in a sport, during the season of recognition.  The Valley will recognize 10 student-athletes three times annually (fall, winter, spring), for a total of 30 honorees.  Institutions select their State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award honorees.
 
"We are really proud of Alex. She put in a lot of hours helping many different organizations," Coach Mundell added.  "She is a true role model and so deserving of this."
 
The softball team and the top student-athlete volunteers were recognized last weekend during the softball series against SIU.
 
The top 20 are listed below along with a list of organizations that they have helped.  They are listed in order by number of hours they have volunteered.
 
Alexandra Latoria - Women's Softball
Emily Lockhart - Women's Softball
Morgan Florey - Women's Softball
Jaime Nurrenbern - Women's Softball
Danielle Cassidy - Women's Softball
Mea Adams - Women's Softball
Antonia Galas - Women's Softball
Kristin Koepke - Women's Softball
Eryn Gould - Women's Softball
Brittany Hay - Women's Softball
McKenzie Johnson - Women's Softball
Elyse Hickey - Women's Softball
Lindsay Renneisen - Women's Softball
Bailee Bostic - Women's Softball
Olivia Cheatham - Women's Softball
Allison Daggett - Women's Softball
Ashleigh Downing - Women's Softball
Tattenai Hall - Women's Basketball
Marley Miller - Women's Basketball
Kaylan Coffman - Women's Basketball
 
ORGANIZATIONS
AIDS Resource Group
American Red Cross
Aquatic Aces
ARC of Evansville
Barnes and Noble
Bartlett High School
BE Softball
Birthday Party at BWW
Boat Race
Boo at the Zoo
Boonville Aquatics
Boys and Girls Club
Brighton Best International
Bull. H East HS
Camp reveal
Cardio for Canines
Caregiving
Caze Elementary
Central Illinois Run
Challenger League
Character Academy
Chile Verde
College Week
Cornerstone Church
Crossroads Elementary
DUMC Sak Lunch program
Engineering Bridge HS Kids
Enterprise Zone
Evansville Rescue Mission
Evansville Rotary Club
Fall Mentee
Feed My Starving Children
Fish packing
FoDU 5k
Fortitude Homeless
Habitat for Humanity
Hatton McCredie after school
Hebron Elementary
Highland Elementary School Walk
Holly's House
Holy Rosary Clinics
Hospital
House Cleaning
It takes a Village
Lamac engineering
Lawrence Central
League of their Own
Lenti Inc.
Lodge Elementary
MACO Management
Make A Wish
McHenry High School
Midday with Mike
Mohlenberg South Elementary
Night of Memories
Ohio Co. Animal Shelter
Olmstead Home
One-Life Church Nursery
Ozanam
Play for Kate
Prospects softball coaching
Race for the Cure
Recruitment Talk
Resurrection Reading
Rising Sun Legion Post 59
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Santa Run
Shultz EB Walk
Softball Camps
St. Ben's
St. Charles Angels
St. Vincent
Student Life Freshman Move In
Tecumseh
Toys for Tots
Trinity Lutheran Church
Tristate Raffle
TTE Electronics
Turkey Trot 5K
UE Day of Caring
UE Health Science Open House
UE Political Science Department
UE Trunk or Treat
UE VB Club
UE Welcome Carrying the Torch
Valley View Elementary
Vanderburgh Humane Society
Vogel Elementary
Wabash General Hospital
Warehouse cleanout
Web.com Golf Tour
Wellington Rehab
YMCA
 

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