ERIN BRAHM OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a sophomore captain on the women's volleyball team from Huntsville, Ala., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending October 3, 2010.

Brahm was the assist leader and voted Team MVP in 2009, and has also been a past Tiger of the Week for Sewanee.

Brahm has excelled academically since arriving on the Mountain as she was named to the Sewanee Dean's List in the fall and spring of 2009, the SCAC Academic Honor Roll, and is a member of the Society of Sewanee Scholars and the Order of the Gownsmen. She was a Bachman Research Operative in the Spring of 2010 and a NASA Undergraduate Intern during the summer of 2010. 

In her short time on the Mountain, Brahm has immersed herself in various extracurricular activities. She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students for Positive Extracurricular Engagement. Brahm is also the treasurer of the Cumberland Contra Dance Clan, a member of the Students for an Environmentally Responsible Planet, and Scholarship Sewanee. 

In addition, Brahm serves as a host for prospective Sewanee students, volunteers at Friday School for the Sewanee Elementary School, and has served as a Chemistry Magic Show and Earth Month Festival Volunteer. She also volunteers with Blue Monarch, an abuse and addiction program.