IRVING, Texas – Alexandra Wall, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and a four-year member of the Bearcats’ women’s swimming and diving program, was selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Athletic Conference Community Impact Award as chosen by members of the conference’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
 
The award recognizes a student-athlete who has made an impact in either the surrounding or campus community through service work. One student-athlete or group from each American member institution is eligible for nomination each academic year.
 
A native of Cincinnati, Wall was elected as the community service and university engagement chair of the Bearcats chapter of SAAC in 2018. She established a department Relay for Life team that allowed participating student-athletes volunteer efforts to benefit the American Cancer Society. Additional outreach activities spearheaded by Wall included a reoccurring opportunity for student-athletes to volunteer with the Ronald McDonald House of Cincinnati making snacks for patients from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Miracle League baseball league for individuals with disabilities, Good Samaritan Hospital, FreeStore Foodbank and numerous local elementary schools.
 
Wall also personally volunteered in the emergency department and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital. After completing general tasks as a volunteer in the emergency department, Wall aided in the open area NICU ward by securing medical supplies for infants, doing laundry, folding infant clothes and teaching new families how to properly scrub before entering the NICU.
 
Wall graduated from Cincinnati in the spring of 2020. She was tabbed to the American All-Academic Team in all four seasons competing for the Bearcats.