Sha?nah Joseph Named to 2015 SEC Community Service Team
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 | Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Florida junior outside hitter Sha?nah Joseph was one of 13 SEC volleyball student-athletes named to the 12th annual SEC Community Service Team, announced by the league office Wednesday morning ahead of the start of the 2015 NCAA Volleyball Tournament. The SEC Community Service Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts.
Superior service efforts defines Joseph, who has embraced Florida athletics and the community wholeheartedly. A member of the 2015-16 University of Florida Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the Historian, Joseph devotes endless hours to the University of Florida and Gainesville communities, most recently with Food for Kids. Just Tuesday, Joseph spent her afternoon at J.J. Finley Elementary in Gainesville.
Joseph has doubled the service hours of her next closest volleyball teammate, racking up over 30 hours of service on more than 15 different events, including Gator Move (to get elementary kids active before the school day), Baby Gators Field Day, Climb for Cancer (UF's sports camp for cancer patients), Dreamer's Foundation Prom, UF Health & Shands Infusion Room and Pediatrics visits, service at Hidden Oak, J.J. Finley and Duval Elementary schools in Gainesville, Gator Tracks (gifting shoes to those in need over the Christmas holiday) and over 10 hours at the Girls Place sports clinic in town.
Aside from her individual contributions to the Gainesville and University of Florida communities, Joseph has additionally participated in the UF Volleyball team's service efforts, including decorating back-to-school signs for the children at Idylwild Elementary School.
The Gators annually visit UF Health on Thanksgiving, and did so again this year per team tradition with a home match Thanksgiving week.
Gator Nation can catch a Joseph segment on the newly released Eye on the Gators: Volleyball, which takes Gator fans through a 'day in the life' of a volleyball student athlete, starring Shaih.
The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams for all 21 league sponsored sports and the complete SEC Volleyball Community Service Team is below.
2015 SEC VOLLEYBALL COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM | Full Release
· Natalie Murison, Sophomore, Libero, Alabama
· Breana Jones, Junior, Middle Blocker, Arkansas
· Stephanie Campbell, Junior, Middle Blocker, Auburn
· Sha?nah Joseph, Junior, Outside Hitter, Florida
· Elle McCord, Junior, Defensive Specialist /Libero, Georgia
· Morgan Bergren, Senior, Setter, Kentucky
· Katie Lindelow, Senior, Outside Hitter, LSU
· Aubrey Edie, Junior, Setter, Ole Miss
· Ellen Stuart, Senior, Defensive Specialist /Libero, Mississippi State
· Regan Peltier, Senior, Outside Hitter/ Middle Blocker, Missouri
· Sarah Blomgren, Senior, Right Side/Outside Hitter, South Carolina
· Megan Hatcher, Senior, Defensive Specialist, Tennessee
· Angela Lowak, Senior, Outside Hitter, Texas A&M
The Gators, the No. 11 National Seed, get their 25th straight NCAA Tournament run started Thursday in the O'Dome with New Hampshire at 7 p.m. The first match of the day will feature Arizona State and Florida State at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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