JONATHAN PINQUE OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a sophomore from Athens, Ala., who is a running back on the Colonels' football team, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending October 11, 2009.

Pinque, who currently leads the SCAC in rushing with a 119.6 yards per game average, was a First Team All-SCAC selection as a freshman in 2008.

In addition to being a big part of the Centre College football team, Pinque also volunteers in the Big Brother/Big Sister program in Boyle County. The sophomore mentors and meet regularly with a young student as part of that program and has also volunteered and assisted excessively with the massive clean-up of Danville and Centre following last year's winter storm that devastated the area.

Pinque is an active member of the Phi Delta Phi fraternity and was a winner of The Robert Dale Holmes Memorial Prize, awarded to a first-year class member who, by the improvement of his or her work, diligence, and character, reveals most clearly the value of college training and the spirit of the College.

Before arriving on Centre's campus, Pinque was awarded the National Carnegie Award for heroism in 2006 after saving two teenagers from drowning in a submerged car.

"We are very proud of Jonathan," Centre head football coach Andy Frye said. "His commitment to service and helping others has had a definite impact for the greater good on our campus and in our community."