Caltech Junior Wins Prestigious National Student-Athlete “Good Works” Award

Rob Anderson, a junior on the Caltech men’s basketball team, has been named to the 2015 Allstate National Association of Basketball Coaches Good Works Team. The community service award “honors student-athletes for their off-the-court achievements and commitment to giving back to their communities and positively impacting the lives of those around them,” according to the NABC.

“I learned that I was named to the team at 8:30 a.m. after pulling an all-nighter, so it didn’t really hit me at first,” Anderson says. “I feel extremely honored to represent Caltech and our team on a national scale.”

Anderson, who is studying mechanical engineering and business economics and management, was selected for his extensive work researching and designing sustainable energy projects.

During his senior year of high school, he designed a 17-foot solar-powered boat for the 2012 Solar Splash Competition. Upon his arrival at Caltech in the fall of 2012, he joined both the basketball team and the Institute’s 2013 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon team, which collaborated with architectural design students from the Southern California Institute of Architecture to design, build, and operate a solar-powered house.