MARY CUNNINGHAM OF SEWANEE-THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a sophomore on the women's swimming team who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending December 12, 2010.

Cunningham serves as a women's swimming representative to the NCAA student athletics advisory committee and is Sewanee's female athlete representative to the SCAC. She serves as an assistant proctor for Sewanee residential life and is co-chair of the Sophomore Year Experience Council, which consists of planning and executing events specifically for the sophomore class to promote a sense of community within the class and help combat common issues associated with the sophomore year of college.