Softball's Enea Named to SEC Community Service Team
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | Softball
University of Florida senior Francesca Enea (Woodland Hills, Calif.) was named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, the league announced on Tuesday. This is Enea's second time being named to the team, as she was also a member as a junior.
The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams for all 20 league sponsored sports. The Community Service Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to her community in superior service efforts.
As a four-year member of Goodwill Gators, Enea performed over 600 hours of community service. She created and organized charitable events such as Swing for Cancer, a fund-raising event which Florida student-athletes tried to hit against Florida's All-American softball pitchers in order to promote awareness and aide in the research to cure cancer. The All-American has also served as the co-chairman of Gator Tracks, a program aiming to provide new shoes to children in need, Climb for Cancer Sport Camps, a day when children with cancer are invited to play with current and former Gators, and participated in Baby Gator, an activity demonstrating how to play softball to preschoolers.
Enea has developed and maintained several relationships with patients in local hospitals. This past fall, the left fielder implemented the idea to 'adopt' a 13-year-old cancer survivor through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ). The FOJ program pairs children diagnosed with pediatric brain tumors with collegiate and high school athletic teams in hopes to expand the loving network of support and friendship for the child and their family.
The left fielder earned the Alachua County “Work of Heart” Individual Collegiate Award for her work with CAMP (Collegiate Athletes Mentoring Program) Gator. Enea is the lead mentor for at-risk middle school students in the Gainesville area.
Enea was also a Wooden Citizens Cup semifinal in the fall, is a top-10 finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and earned a Point of Light award last season. She is currently a top-25 finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year honor.
Enea and the Gators will take on Auburn on Thursday, May 13 in the first round of the SEC Tournament at 2:30 p.m. (ET) in Fayetteville, Ark. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and WYGC-FM 105 The Game.
2010 SEC Softball Community Service Team:
Ashley Applegate, Junior, LSU
Jennie Auger, Junior, Georgia
Jessie Bailey, Senior, Mississippi State
Amanda Caldwell, Junior, Arkansas
Catherine Dozier, Junior, Alabama
Francesca Enea, Senior, Florida
Courtnie Ghinaudo, Senior, Ole Miss
Tiffany Huff, Senior, Tennessee
Morgan Murphy, Sophomore, Auburn
Natalie Smith, Senior, Kentucky
Kaitlin Westfall, Sophomore, South Carolina
