Corban Collins Named to 2017 SEC Men’s Basketball Community Service Team
3/2/2017 2:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Graduate transfer volunteered at elementary schools and local food shelters
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Graduate transfer Corban Collins has been named to the Southeastern Conference's Men's Basketball Community Service team, the league office announced on Thursday.
The annual award handed out from the league office recognizes the accomplishments of student-athletes beyond the field of competition.
Collins has made an impact in his short time in the Tuscaloosa community. During his limited spare time, the High Point, N.C., native has volunteered to help locally at food shelters, spending time to help the less fortunate. He has also become a regular with local elementary schools, where he has read to the children and talked about the importance of education. Just recently, Collins spent time at a local hospital visiting with cancer patients.
In addition to his volunteer work in the community, Collins was named one of 14 members of the SEC Men's and Women's Basketball Leadership Council, which provides student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and Conference office staff. Collins was also nominated for the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Good Works Team for his community outreach efforts and is a member of the Alabama Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Collins, who is working towards his master's degree in sports management, has played in 27 contests for the Tide this season, making 13 starts. He currently ranks second on the team in three-pointers made (34), is fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.312) and ranks sixth in scoring (6.4 ppg).
This marks the 19th year for the SEC Community Service Team in both men's and women's basketball. All 21 league-sponsored sports have had a Community Service Team since 2004, with at-large teams for men's and women's sports being chosen from 1999-2003. The SEC began this concept with a football Community Service Team in 1994.
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