University of Tennessee Athletics
Hutson Named to SEC Soccer Community Service Team
January 05, 2017 | Soccer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --Tennessee’s Cali Hutson was named to the 13th annual SEC Soccer Community Service Team as announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon.
The conference sponsors community service teams for all 21 league-sponsored sports. The SEC Community Service Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts.
Hutson is the 12th UT player to be named to the SEC Community Service Team, joining the likes of Josie Jennings, Gabby Santorio, Tori Bailey, Alexis Owens, Caroline Capocaccia, Grace Cuenin, Molly Baird, Melissa Amado, Talia Wright, Kirby Zwickel and Keeley Dowwling.
The senior midfielder has been one of the most active players on the team in terms of community service. This year alone, Hutson has participated in 15 activities and accumulated 39 community service hours. During the 2015-16 academic year, Hutson amassed 126.5 hours of community service. She frequently spends times with kids at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, spending at least 2-3 hours a week there. Hutson also volunteers at the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley whenever she can, and made multiple visits there in the fall. Every other week, the Fairfax, Va., native volunteers with “Goals for Girls”, which is a program that helps teach life skills to young girls at local elementary schools. Hutson has also participated in events such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, UT’s annual Halloween event for children called “VOLoween”, Kicks for Kids and the YWCA Knoxville Race Against Racism, among others.
The entire SEC Community Service Team can be seen HERE.
