Brandon Douglas, Trinity University, Men's Cross Country

BRANDON DOUGLAS OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a junior from Plano, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending September 29, 2013.

Douglas is a three-year letterman and a team captain for the Tiger cross country team and helped the squad to its first-ever SCAC Championship in 2012. As a member of the track and field team this past spring, he ran his personal best time in the 10,000 meter run to aid the Tigers to the conference title in that sport.

Since coming to Trinity, Douglas has spent many hours as a tutor and volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio, assisting with their After-School Activities program.  He has also helped the Church Under the Bridge in San Antonio, serving dinners and distributing clothing to homeless and needy families.

Douglas has served as a Resident Mentor at Trinity for the past two years, and has also participated in Trinity’s Leadership Academy.  Service to his community is a long-time commitment by Douglas, who also logged over 200 hours as a volunteer at the Medical Center of Plano while in high school, and was a member of the Young Men’s Service League.

Douglas is majoring in Business & Economics, and will minor in Human Communications.  This past summer, he worked TIAA-Cref as a Wealth Management Consulting Intern.