The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ghinaudo Named To SEC Community Service Team
5/12/2010 | Softball
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss senior outfielder Courtnie Ghinaudo has been named to the Southeastern Conference Softball Community Service Team for her off-the-field work, the league office announced on Wednesday. It is the third-straight year Ghinaudo has been honored by the SEC for her community service efforts.
Ghinaudo has been heavily involved in the Oxford and Ole Miss communities for the past four years. She has served as an executive committee member for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and participated in 'Reading with the Rebels' and National Student-Athlete Day activities with Oxford-area elementary students.
A native of Lake Jackson, Texas, Ghinaudo helped organize 'Rebel Reruns', which collected shoes for youth in Haiti and Kenya this past year. She also participated in the 'SEC Together We CAN Food Drive' to gather food for needy families in the Oxford area.
Ghinaudo and the other members of the softball team visited Le Bonheur and St. Jude Children's Hosipital to see the patients and read and play with the children earlier this year. She and her teammates also adopted a young St. Jude patient, Hanley Hines, as an official member of the Ole Miss softball team, presented Haley with her own jersey and locker and had her throw out the first pitch at a game this season.
Ghinaudo also helped organize 'Kids Take Over The Park Day' in support of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital for the Rebels' April 25 game against Auburn. Children volunteered for various jobs around the ballpark, including bat boy, cheerleader and field crew, and fans donated toys and items of need for the children of Le Bonheur.
In the classroom, Ghinaudo is an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District nominee and has been named to the UMAA Honor Roll, the SEC Honor Roll and the University's Dean's List.
The Southeastern Conference sponsors community service teams for all 20 league sponsored sports. The Community Service Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his or her community in superior service efforts.
Below is the complete 2010 SEC Softball Community Service Team:
Catherine Dozier, Junior, Alabama
Amanda Caldwell, Junior, Arkansas
Morgan Murphy, Sophomore, Auburn
Francesca Enea, Senior, Florida
Jennie Auger, Junior, Georgia
Natalie Smith, Senior, Kentucky
Ashley Applegate, Junior, LSU
Courtnie Ghinaudo, Senior, Ole Miss
Jessie Bailey, Senior, Mississippi State
Kaitlin Westfall, Sophomore, South Carolina
Tiffany Huff, Senior, Tennessee
