Stephanie Tofft Named to SEC Community Service Team
Monday, May 5, 2014 | Softball
Florida senior third baseman Stephanie Tofft was named on Monday to the SEC Softball Community Service Team, as announced by the league office. The conference has selected one student-athlete from each school to a Community Service Team for every SEC-sponsored sport since 2004.
Below is a glance at Tofft's involvement in the Gainesville community during the 2013-14 school year:
· Served as a tutor at Terwilliger Elementary School on numerous occasions
· Wrote encouragement cards to local students as they prepared to take Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test
· Volunteered at after-school programs with Girls Place and J.J Finley Elementary
· Participated with her teammates in a visit to the MLB Urban Youth Academy in New Orleans following the series at LSU this March
· Visited patients at the UF Health Shands Hospital
· Has helped to promote an active lifestyle as part of the Gator Move program
· Prepared Thanksgiving baskets and assisted with a canned food drive to reach out to members of the Gainesville community
· Worked with Caleb's Pitch and Climb for Cancer to provide a positive experience for families confronting childhood illnesses
· Assisted with the Roll with a Gator program at Howard Bishop Middle School
· Worked with a Softball Kids Camp in October
Tofft and the Gators will open SEC Tournament play at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, when they will face Georgia in Columbia, S.C. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU, with radio coverage on WGGG (1230-AM).
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