Kacie West, Austin College, Women's Basketball - Character & Community

Kacie West, Austin College, Women's Basketball - Character & Community

KACIE WEST OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a graduate student on the women's basketball team from Sulphur, Okla., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete of the Week for the week beginning December 6.

The SCAC Character & Community award honors the efforts of student-athletes who excel in the field of athletics, and also serve their campus and community.



Earlier this semester, West got an idea to give back to the local community around Austin College. The fifth year senior, who came back to the ’Roo women’s basketball team this year thanks to the NCAA’s blanket waiver allowing an extra season of eligibility, wanted to create a canned food drive benefitting those less fortunate in Grayson County over the holiday season.

The four-time All-SCAC guard, who has poured in more than 1,000 points during her career at Austin College, was able to easily get her teammates on board with the mission. As a “super senior” and team captain, West began putting a plan in place for her and her teammates to collect canned food at the team’s conference opener on December 17, when the ’Roos play host to Trinity University. Non-perishable goods will be collected, and then donated to local food banks to help those in need.

It’s not the first time West, a native of Sulphur, Oklahoma, has worked to help her community. Going back to her time in high school, West was active in assisting in times of need and disaster when a category three tornado ripped through her hometown. West, along with some friends, skipped school in order to assist in the cleanup process and get help to those who needed it throughout the community.

West continued to give back when she arrived at Austin College, taking part in the women’s basketball team’s Toys for Tots holiday hoops clinic for local children. She has also done volunteer work with Grand Central Station, a local food pantry not far from the Austin College campus.

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