Suwanee, Ga. – Nick Cortese, a junior guard on the men's basketball team from Lafayette, La., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending February 19, 2012.
 
The SCAC Character & Community award was created in 2009 to honor and recognize the efforts of the extraordinary student-athletes of the conference who not only excel athletically on the field, court, pool or track, but also by serving their campus and community.
 
Cortese, currently in his third season on the Majors' men's basketball team, is a Resident Assistant on campus. He works for the admissions office as a MAPS (Millsaps Ambassador for Prospective Students), and is also a member of CSA here at Millsaps (Catholic Student Association).
 
Cortese has helped put together community service projects periodically including helping build a home through Habitat for Humanity. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, he has helped with another build in Habitat for Humanity and helped serve at Stewpot.
 
Cortese also volunteers at a local church (St. Richard's) and teachs Confirmation classes there as well as youth nights.