PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Incoming freshman Emily Balasco (Seekonk, Mass.) of the Southern Connecticut State University gymnastics team recently volunteered her time to assist at a food bank near her Massachusetts home.

This event is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes take part in on an annual basis. SCSU student-athletes volunteered more than 2,500 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2016-17 academic year.