Cardinals Finish Top Four in NCAA Helper Helper Team Works Challenge
December 19, 2018 | General, Beyond the Buzzer
Louisville accumulated 3,503 service hours during the three-month competition.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville athletics department finished fourth in the 2018 Fall NCAA Division I Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Challenge for its community outreach efforts.
Louisville, which has ranked in the top five in service for five consecutive years, accumulated 3,503 service hours during the three-month competition which ran from September through November. All-girl cheer finished 13th overall in community service hours out of all Division I teams having completed 706 hours, averaging 14 hours per student-athletes. Lacrosse, softball & rowing also helped lead the way averaging 10 hours or more per student-athlete.
NCAA Team Works, which coordinates community service efforts at NCAA championships, and Helper Helper, a volunteer management and tracking platform, launched the community service competition to recognize student-athletes who give back to their communities. Winning schools' victories are decided based on the number of service hours completed and participation of student-athletes.
This is the fifth annual NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition award, with all Divisions I, II and III participating schools combining for 173,820 hours of community service in 4,432 opportunities. NCAA Team Works is proud to honor student-athletes who are making a difference in their communities, contributing to their overall student-athlete experience, well-being and success while in college and after graduation.
Louisville's athletics teams partnered with 92 nonprofit organizations over the course of the semester including hosting events with St. Jude's, Norton Children's Hospital, American Heart Association and Metro Parks Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation.
Individually, 112 Louisville student-athletes contributed at least 10 hours over the course of the semester.
Louisville was one of two Atlantic Coast Conference schools in the top five, with Miami finishing third in the competition. The ACC finished as the top conference in service in Division I.
