6/1/2020 2:28:00 PM | General, Men's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field, Academics, #WildcatsCare, Men's Cross Country
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Two seniors honored for their exemplary community service.
By: UNH Wildcats
BOSTON – Seniors Maddie Brandon (Killingworth, Conn.) and Jack Crawford (Mansfield, Mass.) of the University of New Hampshire cross country, and track & field teams were named to the 2020 America East Helping Hands Team.
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The America East Helping Hands Team is now in its seventh year and was established to recognize a male and female student-athlete from each of the nine America East institutions for their exemplary efforts in the area of community service while remaining in good academic standing. This award recognizes student-athletes' dedication to being leaders on and off the field. Each institution, at its discretion, selects a male and female representative to be recognized annually by America East.
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Brandon was a President of the Student -Athlete Advisory Committee as a senior and a Vice President as a junior. She has also been an advocate and leader for mental health awareness through such initiatives as the Better To9ether Games and Bench out the Stigma. She also attended America East SAAC Conference meetings to discuss important causes with SAAC members from the other America East schools. Brandon also has been a force in holding the various Spread Respect events on campus. She was just recently inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society and has been a member of the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll. Â Â Â Â Â
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Maddie Brandon at the Spread Respect event at the field hockey game on Oct. 18, 2019
Crawford was also a President of SAAC as a senior. Some of the causes he has a passion for are Mental Health Awareness, Diversity & Inclusion, Food Disparity and Spread Respect. He was a part of a team that raised over $1,500 for Cornucopia Food Pantry, while he was also an organizer of the Better To9ether Games. He mentored a sixth grader weekly at Oyster River and he escorted Special-Olympic athletes at the Miss Amazing Pageant. Crawford was most recently awarded the Cathy Coakley Student-Athlete Community Involvement Award. He is also a two-year member of the National College Athlete Honor Society.
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Jack Crawford at the 2019 Miss Amazing Pageant
