David Smith, Men's Tennis

David Smith, a sophomore on the 'Roo men's tennis team from San Antonio, Texas, has been selected as Austin College's male spring SCAC Character & Community recipient.

While working on a dual-major in Business Administation and French with a minor in Leadership, Smith has been an active member of the Austin College community both as a member of the men’s tennis team in addition to his involvement in various organizations across campus, the Sherman community as well as his home community of San Antonio and other parts of Texas.

He is a member of Austin College’s Posey Leadership Institute, where he has worked with children across Texas to teach them the basics of leadership, as well as serving on committees that determined which company received the Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award. He has also helped select the Posey Leadership Award given by Austin College each year. Through the Posey Leadership Institute, Smith has worked with children at Booker T. Washington school of performing arts and the Barack Obama school of leadership.

Smith is also a member of the Student Assembly, and Chi Tau Chi, a Christian service fraternity through which he has worked both individually and as part of a group to set up service projects.

He is also a resident assistant and is the vice president of Austin College’s French Club.

Smith is a group leader in Austin College Activators, which is a group of students led by the school’s Chaplin that facilitates weekend retreats for elementary and high school students.

He has also worked as a counselor at Laity Lodge Youth Camp in Leaky, Texas, where he supervised campers and led them in activities and discussions to help them improve physically, mentally, and spiritually. Additionally, Smith has served as a youth intern at First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, working with middle and high school kids and helping to plan and lead mission trips while also planning events and leading Sunday School sessions.

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