University of Tennessee Athletics
Gruver Selected as CAREacter Star Athlete of the Week
April 21, 2010 | Baseball
April 21, 2010
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gruver has been tabbed as Tennessee's CAREacter Star Athlete of the Week. The CAREacter Program is based on a five-point star system that includes the basic traits of a true champion, whether on or off the field. Those traits are attitude, character, grades, community service and performance.
A southpaw from Canfield, Ohio, Gruver has been a mainstay in the Vols' weekend rotation this season. For the year, he is 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA in seven starts. He holds strikeout-to-walk ration of 4.43:1 with 31 punchouts and just seven walks in 34.2 innings of work this season.
This semester, Gruver is participating in the VOLScholar Program for academic and citizenship-building and wears the VOLScholar logo on his uniform as the holder of a 3.0 or better grade-point average. The sophomore has a 3.75 GPA as an exercise science major.
Every two weeks one student-athlete is selected as the school's "Star Athlete of the Week" based on the aforementioned five criteria. As a reward for their accomplishments, honorees will be recognized each week by their local media and presented with a T-shirt and a letter acknowledging them as their county's "Star Athlete of the Week."
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