Callin, Fish Earn SEC Community Service Team Recognition
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Seniors Lauren Callin and Austin Fish, members of the Mizzou swimming and diving teams, were named to the 2015 Southeastern Conference Community Service Teams, the SEC office announced on Feb. 12. The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams for all league-sponsored sports to highlight students who give back to their community with superior effort.
Callin, who hails from Middleton, Wis., has been a constant presence in the Columbia community since she came to Mizzou in the fall of 2011. She has volunteered her time at The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri, Caleb's Pitch, Great Circle, Star Light Reading Program and Boys and Girls Town. She has also participated in the MS 150 Bike Ride, 100x100 Swim for Cancer Fundraiser, Our Lady of Lourdes Read-A-Thon, Shepherd Elementary Stallion Stampede, Mizzou Moves and spent numerous hours as a buddy for the Rally Club and National Special Olympics Day.
A native of Bellingham, Wash., Fish has been an active face in the Missouri community in his four years in Columbia. He volunteered at The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri, Boys and Girls Town, with Mizzou Moves and the ParentLink Tiger Family Fest. He also spent time as a National Special Olympics Day buddy and participated in the MS 150 Bike Ride and the 100x100 Swim for Cancer Fundraiser.
Other members of the 2015 Women's Swimming and Diving Community Service Team included Paige Matherson (Alabama), Chelsea Tatlow (Arkansas), Megan Fronteno (Auburn), Delaney Dye (Florida), Olivia Boggs (Georgia), Abby Meyers (Kentucky), Angele Cherbonnier (LSU), Heather Merritt (South Carolina), Cherelle Thompson (Tennessee) and Katherine Huff (Texas A&M).
The men's squad also consisted of J.J. Pursley (Alabama), Alexander Hancock (Auburn), Colin Hamilton (Florida), Jared Markham (Georgia), Derrick Smith (Kentucky), Colin Finnegan (LSU), Cole Miller (South Carolina), Ben Myhre (Tennessee) and Hayden Duplechain (Texas A&M).