Irmo Native Nominated for Brad Davis Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship

Chris Campbell, an Irmo native and track and field athlete at the University of South Carolina, has been nominated for the Brad Davis Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship.

The Southeastern Conference Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship was named for former associate commissioner Brad Davis. Davis succumbed to cancer on March 2, 2006. He had been a member of the SEC staff since 1988, first serving as an assistant commissioner until 1994 when he was promoted to associate commissioner. 

Davis Award recipients each receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship, provided by the SEC. The 22 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship.

The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 12 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla. on May 31. 

Winners will be announced on April 5.

In May, Campbell will graduate from USC with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Management.

He is a member of Carolina’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has volunteered with several organizations and projects including “Cocky’s Reading Express,”  “Homeworks of America,” and the Columbia Ronald McDonald House.

Campbell is a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, a member of Alpha Lamda Delta Honor Society and earned the Confucius Institute Educational Grant, which is given by the Chinese Government to allow foreign students to study in China.

In 2011, Campbell was runner-up in the Gamecock Invitational in the weight throw.

Campbell, who is a graduate of Irmo High School, is the son of Maurice Campbell.