Saiz Named To SEC Community Service Team

Saiz Named To SEC Community Service Team

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Ole Miss senior forward Sebastian Saiz has been named to the 2016-17 SEC Community Service team, the league office announced Thursday.

Saiz, who is pursuing a degree in business management at Ole Miss, is an active participant in a variety of team community service projects in the Oxford area. A regular visitor to the Oxford Boy’s and Girl’s Club to help mentor local youth, Saiz helped organize basketball clinics for local Boy’s and Girl’s Club and participated in Move Mississippi to combat child obesity by educating youth and parents about the benefits of physical fitness and living a healthy lifestyle.

The Madrid, Spain native also participated in the Reading with the Rebels program, which sends Ole Miss student-athletes to area schools to read to children and promote literacy several times throughout the year. He also assisted relief efforts in aftermath of a fire at Batesville (Miss.) Elementary School and helped hold a canned food drive to benefit local tornado victims in Mississippi. Saiz also volunteered at More Than A Meal in Oxford, which provides area children food, encouragement and a sense of community.

This marks the 19th year for the SEC Community Service Team for men’s basketball as well as for women’s basketball. All 21 league-sponsored sports have had a Community Service Team since 2004, with at-large teams for men’s and women’s sports being chosen from 1999-2003. The SEC began this concept with a football Community Service Team in 1994.

The mission of Ole Miss’ Student-Athlete Development program is to challenge student-athletes to be lifelong learners while pursuing continuous improvement academically, relationally, socially, personally, and professionally during and beyond their careers as student-athletes.

Student-Athlete Development is the hub for a wide range of Ole Miss athletics sponsored programs designed to meet the needs of student-athletes and their families. It is divided into six areas: Student-Athlete Assistance Services, Career Development, Continuing Education, Community Outreach, Financial Education and Career Transition.

Visit Student-Athlete Development for more information on Ole Miss’ Student-Athlete Development program and follow the Rebel Life Skills program on Twitter @RebLifeSkills.

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports

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