NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt junior guard Isaiah Rice was named to the 2020 SEC Community Service Team for his work off of the floor this season for the Commodores, the second consecutive season he has been named to the team.
Rice, from Indianapolis, Indiana, started a program called “Boys 2 Men” at Buena Vista Elementary School where he worked with a group of five boys in their classrooms. He has also worked a donation drive to collect household items, served a Thanksgiving meal, participated in Field Day and facilitated a basketball clinic for second graders at Buena Vista.
Additionally, he participated in the Hurricane Harvey Flood Drive, served dinner to those in need at the Nashville Rescue Mission, read to students at Percy Priest Elementary Readathon and played bingo with patients in Ryan Seacrest Studios at the Children’s Hospital.
The Dancing Dores Captain for the men’s basketball team, he led his team in raising money for Dance Marathon and the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (2019 and 2020). Rice was a top five fundraiser for all of Vanderbilt University in 2019.
Rice has also hosted the team Miracle Child at a basketball practice and game (2019 and 2020) and participated in the Dance Marathon Big Event (2019 and 2020).
