DALLAS — UTSA senior Solomon Wise has been named a Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award winner, the league office announced Wednesday.
Wise is one of 14 honorees from the conference's fall sports who are being recognized for their significant community service endeavors, good academic standing and participation in their sport.
A native of Coppell, Texas, Wise has been active in numerous community service projects during his time at UTSA. A member of the watch list for the 2020 Wuerffel Trophy, he has served on the UTSA Institute for P-20 Initiatives' Dream Runners panel, volunteered with the American Football Coaches Association, visited local elementary schools as part of the Rowdy Readers program and participated in UTSA's For The Kids Dance Marathon to help raise funds for families of children diagnosed with pediatric cancer.
Wise has walked with his teammates in San Antonio's annual MLK March each of the last four years, marched in the Virginia Myers Elementary Fiesta Parade and represented UTSA Athletics in the 2019 Fiesta Texas Cavaliers River Parade. He has volunteered his time to help out the San Antonio Food Bank multiple times and been an active volunteer with UTSA's Day of Service, an annual event that provides university students the opportunity to help out with various projects around the city of San Antonio.
Additionally, Wise has been involved in numerous church food drives, volunteered at a free block party hosted by his brother, Deatrich Wise Jr., for the Boys & Girls Club and represented UTSA at the 2020 Black Student-Athlete Summit in Austin. Wise, who earned his bachelor's degree in communication in December 2020, also has visited local hospitals and became close to a burn victim and his family.
Wise has appeared in 34 career contests and he is the only Roadrunner to play in both of UTSA's bowl games, the 2016 New Mexico Bowl and the 2020 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. He has recorded 17 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, a pass breakup and one blocked kick during his career.
As a senior, he logged five total tackles, including three solo stops and a half-TFL. As a redshirt junior in 2019, he had a sack for a seven-yard loss in the 26-16 win at UTEP. He posted three stops, including a TFL, against Kansas State and blocked a kick versus North Texas during the 2018 campaign, and he turned in five tackles as a true freshman in 2016.
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