SUWANEE, Ga. - Kayte Forester, a sophomore runner on the women's cross country team from Grand Prairie, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending September 25, 2011.

Forester has been an Intramural Official and is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She has aided in the Colleges Against Cancer, Race for the Cure, LIVESTRONG Austin Half-Marathon as well as serving as a really member for Invisible Children.

In June 2010, Forester volunteered on a hurricane relief trip to Galveston and has served sandwiches to the homeless through the University of Texas Wesley Foundation.

Her leadership has extended beyond the team as she served as a small group leader for the Southwest Texas Conference Midwinter Retreat in 2011 and is the founder of Bubble Bursters, a first-year fellowship and service club.

Forester also serves on the Outreach Council and participates in ATX rides, a drunk-driving prevention program.