UF Men’s Tennis: Riffice Named to 2021 SEC Men’s Tennis Community Service Team

Courtesy of University Athletic Association

BY TOMMY SCOTT

Gators captain has played important role in community

Florida’s Sam Riffice was named to the 2021 Southeastern Conference Men’s Tennis Community Service Team, the conference announced on Thursday.

Riffice, a junior captain from Orlando, has accounted for 18 hours of community service in the last two years and is on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at UF.

Most notably, Riffice has volunteered with the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank and UF Shands.

He volunteered at Bread of the Mighty after the team visited to help sort donations and pack boxes of food for individuals and families in Gainesville.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, student-athletes have not been allowed to visit patients in the pediatric unit at UF Health weekly like in past years.

Riffice and other student-athletes made posters and signs to let pediatric patients know that they are still being thought of. He also helped make posters with encouraging words and to celebrate birthdays and good news.