Sun Devil student-athletes work diligently to earn the educational and athletic opportunities they are afforded in a major Division I college program. They train and practice for long hours, they maintain impressive grade-point averages and they balance the dueling demands of their collegiate life with significant amounts of travel.
Somehow, they also find time to donate their service through a variety of community service projects.
"We always tell our players there are things so much more important than basketball," women's basketball coach Charlie Turner Thorne said. "Basketball is a vehicle for us to make a difference."
While community service may be a Sun Devil Athletics requirement, the student-athletes insist it is anything but an obligation.