TRICIA WILKS
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY has been selected the
SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week
for the week ending April 25, 2010.
Wilks, a junior from Hamilton, Ohio, is a
member of the women's tennis team and has served as a younglife
leader at Greencastle High School since the beginning of her
freshman year. It's a Christian organization aimed at reaching high
school students through spending time with them, attending their
extracurricular activities and essentially serving as a mentor. She
also has helped raise funds to send the students to summer
camps. Wilks has volunteered to take the
girls to camp as their counselor.
She also volunteered as a coach of the Greencastle High School
girls tennis team during her freshman year. Over he past two
years Wilks has held a weekly free tennis
clinic for high school kids in her off season.
On the courts, she plays number-five singles and number three
doubles for the Tigers. In her career, Wilks
has posted a 38-17 singles mark including 14-7 this season.
Her career doubles record is 43-16 including a 17-4 record this
year. Wilks was named to the SCAC All-Tournament
team in both singles and doubles in 2009.