BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State student-athletes have always been active in community volunteer efforts, but they took it to a whole new level in 2017-18.
During the most recent academic year, the Mountaineers doubled their number of recorded community service hours compared to the previous year with over 4,500 hours.
Among App State's 18 varsity teams, Mountaineer student-athletes spent 4,576 hours in the community. Softball had the highest total number of hours with 733.5, and women's tennis was awarded the Mountaineer Moves Community Service Award at the 2017-18 APPPSY awards banquet by averaging more than 61 hours per student-athlete.