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Sports Illustrated Highlights Eight Wooster Student-Athletes
» Complete Sports Illustrated Feature In Sports Illustrated’s year-end issue (on newsstands now), the highest-circulated American sports magazine featured a series of “Making A Difference” sidebars, which included eight College of Wooster student-athletes who volunteer regularly at Every Woman’s House, a domestic violence shelter for women and children in Wayne County. Under the “Stories of College Football” heading, Wooster’s group, Men Working for Change, is highlighted. Men Working for Change’s goal is to promote and raise awareness to stop the cycle of violence against women, and they do so by attending local middle and high schools to educate students about healthy relationships and dating violence, and carrying out similar campaigns on campus. They also help women move in and out of the shelter and assist with office work. The group has been part of the College’s community service program for several years and currently consists of football players Keith Adams (Mogadore, Ohio / Field), Jeff Dauer (Allison Park, Pa. / Hampton), Jeff Geffert (Mentor, Ohio / Mentor), Ben Schrock (Wadsworth, Ohio / Wadsworth), Trey Simmerman (Clarksburg, W. Va. / Notre Dame), and Dan Sommers (Slippery Rock, Pa. / Slippery Rock), as well as baseball team member Jake Sankal (Mentor, Ohio / Mentor) and Ricky Giavonette (Cleveland, Ohio / University School), a student supervisor for operations in the athletic department. They are all pictured in the magazine. “Certainly, as a football program, we’re very proud of all of these young men for the contribution they’re making in our community and the difference they’re making in our community, in addition to their academic and athletic efforts,” commented eighth-year Fighting Scot head coach Mike Schmitz. “It demonstrates the type of commitment that we’re looking for in our program. It is much more than just football, it’s about the student-athlete’s development as young men and as quality citizens.” |
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