USD Softball 2010

Above-Left: Softball team ready for the JDRF Walk. Above-Right: Head Coach Melissa McElvain and her family at the JDRF Walk.

Right: Remembering our late friend Tom Hagedorn and his catch phrase "Livin'The Dream". Below: The softball team poses together at Light The Night, an evening walk held at Qualcomm Stadium for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The team walked in honor of the late USD men's tennis coach Tom Hagedorn.

Community service, com– munity belonging and social responsibility are important to developing a student-ath– lete's civic identity and col– lective voice. The impact of participation and pro-social attitudes on volunteering can improve their sense of com– munity connection, social consciousness and generate feelings of responsibility to groups larger than them– selves. USD Athletics part– nered with various organiza– tions to provide rich learning opportunities for student– athletes engaged in public service. Our commitment to the community is something we believe in and is an inte– gral part of our culture and who we are as a university.