BATON ROUGE – Brandon Sampson was named the LSU representative on the 2016-17 men’s basketball Southeastern Conference Community Service Team.
The team recognizes the accomplishments of student-athletes beyond the field of competition.
This marks the 19th year for the SEC Community Service Team for men’s basketball as well as for women’s basketball. All 21 league-sponsored sports have had a Community Service Team since 2004, with at-large teams for men’s and women’s sports being chosen from 1999-2003. The SEC began this concept with a football Community Service Team in 1994.
Sampson, a sophomore from Baton Rouge, was involved in projects around Baton Rouge regarding the flood relief in the area. He was also one of the LSU players involved in the annual campus move-in day when athletes and staff at LSU help unload cars for families and freshman as they arrive for the first time at their dorms. He was involved in the Halloween Boo-Zar when athletic teams put together a safe Halloween alternative for neighborhood kids. Prior to Christmas, he was part of the basketball team’s annual visit to the children’s wing of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Sampson has also helped the Cenikor Foundation in Baton Rouge which is committed to helping people with substance abuse and behavioral health issues.
Other who are part of the team are Corban Collins of Alabama; Moses Kingsley of Arkansas; Mustapha Heron of Auburn; Chris Chiozza of Florida; Yante Maten of Georgia; Derek Willis of Kentucky; Sebastian Saiz of Ole Miss; I.J. Ready, Mississippi State; Terrence Phillips, Missouri; PJ Dozier, South Carolina; Admiral Schofield of Tennessee; Tavario Miller of Texas A&M; and, Luke Kornet of Vanderbilt.