TIMOTHY "BUCK" MCKENNA OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a senior midfielder on the men's lacrosse team from Wenham, Mass., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending April 10, 2011.

McKenna, who leads the Tigers in ground balls and faceoffs, has helped Colorado College record the best start in program history at 9-0. He was named SCAC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career on April 4, but his accomplishments off the field are even more impressive.

It’s no surprise McKenna was voted one of the team’s captains for the 2011 season, considering he has been a leader among CC’s student-athletes, on campus and in the Colorado Springs community throughout his four years in Colorado Springs.

McKenna, a religion major with a minor in education, began his campus involvement as a New Student Orientation leader, helping incoming students make the adjustment from living at home to being at Colorado College. He and former teammate Mike Lynch led a trip to Alamosa, Colo., where they worked in a local food bank and homeless shelter. They also talked with a group of young students at a local school.

McKenna has a passion for working with kids. While studying abroad in Melbourne, Australia, during the Fall semester of 2009, he worked at a local YMCA. In 2010, he served as a mentor for Volunteer Action, which matches CC role models with 4th and 5th grade students from Washington and Edison Elementary Schools to participate in fun, planned activities both on and off campus. McKenna also teaches lacrosse skills to aspiring players as an instructor at the Colorado College Men's Lacrosse Summer Camp.

McKenna's involvement in community service goes beyond the campus walls. In each of the last four years, he was the team captain and participant in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s annual event at Colorado College, where he and the Tigers shaved their heads to help raise awareness for childhood cancer research in what has become one of the team's annual traditions.

In addition to his role as co-chair of CC's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, McKenna served as a recruitment leader for Colorado College's Relay for Life, which will be held April 29-30 at Washburn Field. So far, 32 teams have signed up to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease. The committee's goal is to raise at least $32,000.00.

Finally, McKenna is the organizer for the 2011 Quony Cup soccer tournament, an all-campus event held in honor of former Colorado College soccer and lacrosse player Chris Quon, who died suddenly from a heart condition on Sept. 19, 2009, just four months after graduating with a degree in economics. Proceeds from the tournament are split between the American Cancer Society and the Christopher Quon Memorial Fund.

After graduating in May, McKenna will relocate to San Francisco where he will work at Town School for Boys.