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Cory Wilhelm Named ASC Community Service Athlete of the Year

Dedication to service within their campus and local communities was recognized by the American Southwest Conference Directors of Athletics who selected University of the Ozarks student-athlete Cory Wilhelm as one of two recipients of the 2018-19 Community Service Award.
Posted: Jun 18, 2019

Clarksville, Ark.-Dedication to service within their campus and local communities was recognized by the American Southwest Conference Directors of Athletics who selected University of the Ozarks student-athlete Cory Wilhelm as one of two recipients of the 2018-19 Community Service Award.

The ASC Community Service Award is presented for the tenth time this year and honors a male and female student-athlete who best displays leadership and action in fostering community service on their campus and local community. Each ASC member institution has the opportunity to nominate student-athletes to the conference-wide ballot.

Wilhelm, a junior basketball player from Ratcliff, Ark., served as Vice-President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during the school year and has been elected as President for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year. During the 2018-2019 year, Wilhelm helped with the OZZY athletic awards banquet, a Field Day for local youth and read to children at the Clarksville Elementary School. Additionally, he helped with a campus haunted house and a campus Science Day. He volunteers as an assistant coach with two different local AAU basketball teams. His memberships include the Campus Activities Board, Tri-Beta and Ozarks Biological Society. In May, he won the University's Physics Student of the Year and he was selected to attend the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in April. He has achieved membership on the President's List and ASC All-Academic Team multiple times. 

"Cory has a wonderful attitude when it comes to helping others and serving in the community," said Athletics Director Jimmy Clark. "One of our university's core values is service, and Cory has been a leader with this on and off campus. His positive attitude with service is a great example to all of us."

Shannon Mathis, a women's basketball player at UT Dallas, was the ASC's Female winner.

"The amount of involvement by the award nominees and their fellow student-athletes over the course of the year is remarkable, and our member campuses and communities benefit from the interest the student-athletes have in bettering lives of others," said Amy Carlton, ASC commissioner.