Tennessee junior Brad Holtz was named to the 2009 SEC Community Service Team, the league office announced Tuesday. Holtz was selected as Tennessee's male representative for track and field because of his numerous contributions to the Knoxville community.
Holtz served as the track and field team chair for the "Teams for Toys" program during the holiday season, which made each UT team responsible for purchasing gifts for a group of underprivileged children in the Knoxville area, wrapping them and delivering them. He also helped the track and field team on a Habitat for Humanity project in downtown Knoxville during the fall of 2008. The Barrington, R.I. native joined other track athletes on their annual fall trip to the East Tennessee Children's Hospital to visit patients and families as well.
He assisted several UT athletes in opening up a campus dining hall for the homeless and underprivileged on Thanksgiving, and was one of several UT athletes to serve hot chocolate to UT students on the pedestrian walkway during the winter.
The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams for all 20 league sponsored sports. The Community Service Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his community in superior service efforts.
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