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Community Service Puts App State in Elite Company Nationally

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State's record-setting year of community service and giving back to the High Country puts the athletics department and university in elite company nationally.

In hours recorded by the Helper Helper platform, which tracks service hours for schools representing 46 states and is the official partner for NCAA Team Works, App State ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 1 among Sun Belt schools in community service hours for the 2018-19 academic year.

Appalachian State completed roughly 10,500 hours of community service to set an Athletics department record in 2018-19. Among all men's sports teams with hours recorded through Helper Helper, App State Baseball ranked No.