San Antonio- Trinity men's tennis player Kevin Lee has been selected as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Character & Community Student-Athlete of the Week.

The conference honors the efforts of student-athletes who excel in the field of athletics as well as serve their campus and community. The San Antonio native is certainly deserving of the accolade.

Lee is a biochemistry and molecular biology major who will earn his Bachelor of Science degree in May 2018. Related to his major, Lee has worked for the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy. He has continued research investigating natural products as potential treatments for skin cancer. From June to August 2016, Lee was a Voelcker Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow.

He has volunteered for many years at San Antonio's Methodist Hospital and has helped in the cardiac catheterization lab and in the surgical and cardiac intensive care units. He has also assisted at the Specialty Surgery Center, an outpatient surgical unit.

Lee taught at the Teen Medical Academy in conjunction with Trinity's American Medical Student Association. He conducted monthly workshops for economically disadvantaged students to help teach them basic science skills. At the South Texas Eye Institute, Lee created a video to raise awareness about diabetes.

As a volunteer in tennis activities, Lee has participated in the National Junior Tennis and Learning, a community program for children who normally would not have the opportunity to play the sport. He also assists with children's tennis clinics prior to Trinity tennis matches. Lee has volunteered with Dick Stockton's Blue Sky Foundation, which hosts free tennis clinics for members of the military and their families.

Academically, Lee has been a National Merit Finalist and the recipient of the Murchison and Trinity Towers Day Scholarships. He is a member of Trinity's Dean's List, the SCAC Academic Honor Roll, and has been selected as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete.

Lee is vice president of Trinity's American Medical Student Association. He is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Golden Key International Honour Society.