Natalie Nelms, Austin College, Women's Soccer

NATALIE NELMS OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a junior on the women's soccer team from Dallas, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending November 13, 2011.

Nelms, in addition to being an All-Conference selection each of her first two seasons and being named a captain by her teammates this year, has also been actively involved in the Austin College community. 

Nelms is a member of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity on campus, having joined in the fall of 2010, and now serves as the Historian Officer within the group. She was also an Austin College Experience leader in April, working with all incoming freshmen and prospects on visits to campus.

This fall Nelms spearheaded an event with Team In Training for a Give Cancer the Boot fundraiser, helping to raise money to fight Leukemia. Through her outstanding efforts, the women’s soccer team joined forces with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help raise awareness and funds for research and patient research in the team’s home finale against Southwestern on Oct. 30.