HICKORY, N.C. - There are currently 316 colleges and universities classified as NCAA Division II and Lenoir-Rhyne ranks 18th among all those programs in community service as announced by the NCAA. Lenoir-Rhyne is the only South Atlantic Conference institution ranked inside the top 20. 

As an athletic department, Lenoir-Rhyne completed 6,029 community service hours for the 2018-19 academic year and had 100% participation over the 22 sports at LR. The student-athletes at Lenoir-Rhyne had 289 total opportunities, touching 82 different organizations in the Hickory community. This marks the second straight year LR volunteered over 6,000 hours.

The Softball Team led all teams with 14 average volunteer hours per student-athlete, trailed by Men's Lacrosse, Men's Tennis and Cheerleading with 13 average hours per student-athlete. The Football Team led in total hours, volunteering for 960 hours over the course of the year. 


NCAA TOP 25 COMMUNITY SERVICE
1.  Arkansas Tech
2.  Georgian Court University
3.  Georgia Southwestern
4.  University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
5.  Converse
6.  Daemen
7.  Emporia State
8.  Texas Women's
9.  Davis & Elkins
10. St. Cloud State
11. Wayne State
12. New York Institute of Technology
13. St. Thomas Aquinas
14. Molloy
15. Clayton State
16. Regis
17. Fresno Pacific
18. Lenoir-Rhyne
19. Mercy
20. Northern State
21. Midwestern State
22. Dominican University of California
23. Califorina State University, Monterey Bay
24. Coker
25. Roberts Wesleyan