ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s Marcus “Smurf” Millender has been named the SEC Community Service Team for men’s basketball, which was released by the league office in Birmingham on Thursday.
Millender has made an impact on the Athens and UGA communities since arriving on campus last summer. He has taken on a leading role in Georgia Basketball’s association with Beck Cammarata, a TEAM IMPACT member of the program. Cammarata is a 15-year-old from nearby Winder, Ga., who is battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Team IMPACT, a national non-profit organization, has developed a unique multi-year program that matches children facing serious illness and disability with college athletic teams across the country. Millender also took part in Georgia Basketball’s “Shop with a Bulldog” program around the December holidays which provides gifts to deserving local youth through the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Athens. Millender visited PE and Health classes at the Athens Alternative School, which is designed to re-engage students who have faced various challenges in their pursuit of an education.
