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Kayla Turner Receives OVC Community Service Award

MACOMB, Ill- The Ohio Valley Conference released the recipients for the 2024-2025 Community Service Awards today, which featured one athlete from Western Illinois. Women's Soccer player Kayla Turner was the 2024-25 recipient for the Community Service Award. The award, first bestowed in 2022-23, is based on activities that took place during the 2024-25 academic year and recognizes outstanding student-athletes for the contributions they make away from the playing surface, both on campus and in the community.

OVC member institutions who competed in the League during the 2024-25 academic year were able to select a maximum of one male and one female student-athlete from their institution to be honored. In total 18 individuals were honored with the awards this year. "The OVC has always been about a sense of community," said OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche. "We are delighted to continue to bestow these awards to these outstanding student-athletes who are giving back to their communities."

Turner collected a total of 189.65 Community Service hours during the 2024-25 academic year mainly helping out at the Wesley Village Retirement Center in Macomb. She also volunteered at events such as the food pantry, 5K races, and athletic home events outside of soccer. Turner will be returning to WIU in the fall for her fifth and final year as a Leatherneck. 

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