Kate Siess, Oglethorpe University, Women's Tennis

Kate Siess, Oglethorpe University, Women's Tennis

KATE SIESS OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a sophomore on the women’s tennis team from St. Paul, Minn., has been has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending March 18, 2012.

Siess is not only one of Coach Howell’s most valuable players, she’s also an outstanding citizen in the Oglethorpe community. She spends extensive time performing volunteer work, including serving as a mentor for an eighth grade student prepping for college as well as spending over 200 hours working at various service projects coordinated by Oglethorpe’s Center for Civic Engagement.

In addition, Siess started a Pen Pal program between the students at Oglethorpe and students at a local middle school. Currently, she coordinates 20 Oglethorpe students who write to 20 different PATH Academy Middle School students on a weekly basis in hopes of helping the middle school students with their reading and writing skills.

Siess is an excellent student that is a member of the Dean’s List with her 3.86 GPA and she currently serves as Oglethorpe’s student-athlete representative on the university search committee for a new athletic director.

SCAC Character & Community
Female Student-Athlete of the Week
Week 1 Jessica Thornton, Birmingham-Southern College
Week 2 Kayte Forester, Southwestern University
Week 3  Zoe Clark, Rhodes College
Week 4 Blair Barrows, Sewanee: University of the South
Week 5 Leanne Gilder, Millsaps College
Week 6  Amy Schornack, Colorado College
Week 7  Anna Joliff, Hendrix College
Week 8  Amelia George, Centre College
Week 9  Natalie Nelms, Austin College
Week 10  Catharine Found, Trinity University
Week 11  Tori Van Wyen, Oglethorpe University
Week 12 Theresa Wohldmann, University of Dallas
Week 13 Anna Fareed, Southwestern University
Week 14 Sharwil Bell, Rhodes College
Week 15 Erin Wainwright, Birmingham-Southern College
  Dolores Johnson, Austin College
Week 16 Lauren Huter, Centre College
Week 17 Lynne Bettinger, Trinity University
Week 18 Erin McKinney, Hendrix College
Week 19 Riley Cerone, Oglethorpe University
  Becky Luetjen, Colorado College
Week 20 Heather Capozzella, University of Dallas
Week 21 Logan Miller, Sewanee: University of the South
Week 22 Elizabeth Sigafoose, Millsaps College
Week 23 Kate Siess, Oglethorpe University