Andrew Bossert, University of Dallas, Baseball

ANDREW BOSSERT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, a junior right-handed pitcher on the University of Dallas baseball team, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending April 7, 2013.

Bossert is currently tied for the SCAC lead with six victories (against just two losses), while his 46 strike-outs rank second and his 2.16 earned run average is fifth.

Off the baseball diamond, Bossert is a second-year member of the UD Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). He plans to do field training this summer before commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force upon graduation. Bossert strives to become either a pilot or an intelligence specialist.

“It is pretty important to me because both of my parents served in the Air Force," said Bossert. "My mother served for 15 years and my father 28. He was deployed in multiple wars, including the War in Afghanistan. My sister is currently a freshman at the Air Force Academy.”

A man of faith, Bossert started the UD chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in November 2012. A group of his baseball teammates have gathered weekly to cultivate relationships and demonstrate a steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word.  

“I am working with other student-athletes and coaches to start their own huddle groups that too will hopefully meet on a weekly basis. I wanted to start FCA at UD to get rid of the void between the student body and the Athletics Department, as well as to bring the department together as a whole. I hope we bring the student population and athletic teams together to create a sense of community around a shared vocal point here on campus.”

Bossert is also a member of the UD Economics and Action Club and the MarketShare Club. At the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year, he was an orientation leader for the newest freshmen on campus. While studying abroad in Rome, Italy, in fall 2011, he took part in the Marino Volunteer Project in which a group of students spent each Tuesday afternoon teaching English to Italian fifth graders.

For the past three years over winter break, Bossert and his family have volunteered to serve meals at the Houston Homeless Veterans’ home.

In addition to his duties as a student-athlete and in his community, Bossert was a Social Media Intern during the fall 2012 semester for the Dallas branch of the law firm Winstead PC.