NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt has announced its annual All-Sun Belt Community Service Team following the conclusion of the 2025-26 academic year. The program honors student-athletes who demonstrate exceptional dedication to community service.
 
The recognition was developed in conjunction with the Sun Belt Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) to highlight the importance of community service within the conference's mission, while continuing the celebration of the impactful contributions happening on all 14 Sun Belt campuses.
 
The All-Sun Belt Community Service Team is an initiative aimed to recognize one student-athlete from each Sun Belt institution who has shown outstanding dedication to community service. Each school is invited to nominate one student-athlete who demonstrates excellence in community service, particularly in the leadership and execution of these efforts.
 
App State
Katie Johnson, Women’s Cross Country
Johnson recorded 48 hours of community service during the academic year, participating in a variety of service initiatives including Operation Christmas Child, Hunger & Health Coalition food drives, and App State student-athletes' Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Most of her service hours came through coordinating, organizing, and executing Run Your City Boone, a completely student-athlete-led initiative. Throughout the spring semester, the App State cross country team hosted Sunday evening sessions where elementary and middle school-aged children learned running fundamentals, participated in drills, played games, and built relationships with student-athletes in a fun and encouraging environment. Johnson played a vital leadership role in the program's success by creating promotional materials, crafting communications to participants and families, organizing practice plans, and helping oversee each session from start to finish.
 
Arkansas State
Chauncy Cobb, Football
Cobb actively gave back to the Jonesboro community on a consistent basis through involvement in 30 community service hours. A football team captain, he always makes time to make a kid’s day. As a participant in Craighead County and Parks and Recreation clean up, Cobb is noticed the second he walks through the door and leaves an impact with his contagious smile and interaction he has with the kids. Whether it's conversing with middle school kids or teaching a kid to throw a football, he has shown up with excitement to participate. 
 
Coastal Carolina
Charlotte Sadler, Women’s Lacrosse
Sadler was a driving force behind community engagement within Coastal Carolina Athletics throughout the academic year. As President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), she discovered ways to bring people together and create meaningful opportunities for student-athletes to serve others. Sadler helped organize department-wide initiatives such as the SAAC Food Drive and Adopt-A-Chant, while also coordinating volunteer opportunities with local schools and organizations throughout the Conway community. She also created Chants Supporting Chants, a SAAC initiative that encourages student-athletes to support one another by attending athletic events across campus. Her efforts played an important role in the community engagement initiatives that helped Coastal Carolina earn the 2025–26 NCAA Division I Community Impact Award.
 
Georgia Southern
Colin Alexander, Football
Alexander distinguished himself as a servant leader whose commitment to community engagement has made a meaningful impact on both Georgia Southern Athletics and the Bulloch County community. Leading by example, he consistently encouraged and inspired his teammates to participate in service initiatives while demonstrating an unwavering commitment to giving back. During the academic year, he played a key leadership role in the Feed the Boro Food Drive, helping provide more than 1,000 meals to individuals and families facing food insecurity. He also actively supported the Read Across America literacy initiative in Bulloch County schools, Georgia Southern Athletics Day of Service, and the Bulloch County Community Cleanup Project, enhancing local parks and community gardens.
 
Georgia State
Maia Mumpfield, Softball
Mumpfield displayed exceptional commitment to service, leadership, and making a positive impact both on campus and in the Greater Atlanta community. As Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Vice President and President of the Black Student-Athlete Alliance (BSAA), she was instrumental in leading, promoting, and organizing numerous community service initiatives throughout the academic year. Through her leadership and hands-on involvement in youth outreach, campus engagement activities, and holiday community service projects, Mumpfield’s dedication to serving others, combined with her ability to inspire and mobilize her peers, exemplified distinguished values of leadership, service, and community engagement.
 
James Madison
Jamie Swartz, Women’s Soccer
Swartz demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to community service by spearheading the reinstitution of the JMU SAAC 5K, marking the first SAAC-sponsored walk/run at James Madison University since 2020. Recruiting 70 student-athletes to serve as event staff, she played a key role throughout the planning, implementation, and execution of the event, helping coordinate a campus and community-wide effort in partnership with the Shenandoah Valley Gastroenterology Center. In April 2026, the Walk to End Colon Cancer brought student-athletes, members of the JMU community, and local residents together on the JMU Festival Lawn and 5K route to raise awareness and funds in support of the Colon Cancer Alliance.
 
Louisiana
Lee Amedee, Baseball
Amedee distinguished himself through meaningful service and an unwavering commitment to the Lafayette community. For four consecutive years, he has served as a volunteer baseball coach with Lafayette Little League and visited children undergoing cancer treatment at Our Lady of Lourdes Children's Hospital, building relationships and bringing encouragement through his regular visits. Amedee has also contributed to numerous community initiatives, including volunteering at local fire stations, supporting youth and special-needs sports clinics, reading to elementary students, helping with freshman move-in, assisting with stadium and community beautification projects, and supporting fundraising efforts benefiting local organizations.

ULM
Hollie Thomas, Softball
Thomas logged the most community service hours for the Warhawks and distinguishes herself on her willingness to go above and beyond. The diversity of her volunteerism ranged from clean-up work in Monroe after a days-long power outage in the area to hosting a clinic for young girls in the community.
 
Marshall
Maya Hunt, Volleyball
Hunt was a driving force behind Marshall Athletics’ community engagement efforts, contributing 60 hours of community service during the academic year—the most among all student-athletes at Marshall. She served as her team's SAAC representative, playing a key role in helping the volleyball program accumulate more than 490 service hours. Her impact spans a variety of initiatives throughout Huntington, including volunteering at the Huntington Area Food Bank, visiting local retirement homes, participating in the A.D. Lewis Community Center Cleanup Initiative, reading and engaging with students during elementary school visits and pep rallies, supporting Marshall Athletics’ Toy Drive, and assisting with youth volleyball clinics and coaching opportunities.
 
Old Dominion
Lilly Cleal, Women’s Swimming & Diving
Cleal contributed over 1,000 service hours at local hospitals, a level of commitment that reflects both her passion for nuclear medicine and her deep dedication to serving the Norfolk community. She maintained a steady presence with Kids Club, writing to local youth as a pen pal, supporting a literacy campaign in elementary schools and regularly volunteering as a local race marshal or handing out water at sunrise. Cleal also earned the HelperHelper Top Division I Female Contributor Award.
 
South Alabama
Brooklyn Bockhaus, Softball
Bockhaus was a standout community service advocate during her four-year career, amassing more than 250 hours engaging within her community. Her participation encompassed annual youth girls’ softball clinics and engaging in the Jags Pen Pal Program to mentor and provide support for local youth girls. Bockhaus was President of a student-led Christian huddle group, volunteered for Ronald McDonald House, led Read Across our City for school-aged children, and participated in a full-scale rehoming for an abused woman and her children along with her teammates.
 
Southern Miss
Hannah Chambers, Women’s Tennis
Chambers demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service, logging 13 individual service hours and contributing to 73 team service hours during the academic year. Her service efforts spanned a wide range of community initiatives, including Hub City, the Edwards Street Food Drive, Trick or Treat at the Pete, Seymour's Closet, and Healthy Kids Day. As President of the Golden Eagles’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), she provided key leadership in launching and driving these initiatives while also spearheading the planning and execution of the 2026 Talon Awards, an event honoring Southern Miss student-athletes.
 
Troy
Amy Wall, Women’s Track & Field
Wall organized a community Color Run to raise awareness and funds for brain tumor research in memory of a loved family friend, Glenn. What began as a way to honor his life became a powerful display of compassion and community, bringing together more than 100 participants and raising over $1,800 for research. More than a fundraiser, the event represented hope. It showed that even in the face of unimaginable loss, people can unite to support families affected by brain tumors and work toward a future with better treatments and, ultimately, a cure. This experience reinforced belief of honoring those lost by creating meaningful change for others.