Men's Indoor Track & Field | Softball | Baseball | Acrobatics & Tumbling
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Janara Bryant | Mount Olive | Freshman | Jumps | Beaufort, North Carolina
Bryant delivered an outstanding performance at her first home meet with the Trojans. She established a new Mount Olive record in the triple jump and placed first overall with a distance of 12.28 meters, which hit the NCAA provisional mark. She ranks fifth in NCAA Division II in the event following her performance on Friday. Additionally, Bryant captured first place in the high jump after clearing 1.60 meters to reach the league standard. She also registered a third-place finish and reached the conference mark with a leap of 5.60 meters in the long jump.
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Isabelle Flores | Belmont Abbey | Senior | Sprints/Hurdles | Orange Park, Florida
Flores posted conference qualifying times in three events at the Davidson Relays. She finished the 100 meter hurdles in 14.28 seconds, the second-best time in the league this year. Her time of 1:01.25 in the 400 meter hurdles was a NCAA qualifying time, ranks 17th in the country and first in Conference Carolinas. She also qualified for the conference championship with 200 meter time of 24.68 seconds.
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Sigursteinn Asgeirsson | Mount Olive | Sophomore | Throws | Thorgautsstadir, Iceland
A native of Thorgautsstadir, Iceland, Asgeirsson registered an NCAA Provisional Standard in the shot put while competing at the 8th Annual Adidas Trojan Challenge in Mount Olive. He placed first overall in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 16.75 meters, which ranks among the top 15 in NCAA Division II this season. Additionally, Asgeirsson delivered a seventh-place finish in the discus with a toss of 41.14 meters.
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Devron Davis | Converse | Junior | Sprints
Davis finished second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 20.81 seconds at the SWU GottaRun Invitational. Thtat is the fastest time in Conference Carolinas and the southeast region this year and ranks seventh in NCAA Division II.
SOFTBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Alyssa Suits | King | Senior | Catcher/Utility | Jonesborough, Tennessee
In four games last week, Suits posted a .733 batting average with 11 hits. She last two home runs, two doubles and a triple. She owned an on base percentage of 1.400 while scoring seven runs and driving in seven. She posted at least two hits in all four games, including three in the final three contests of the week. Suits scored at least two runs and scored at least two runs in each of the first three games of the week.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Emily Collins | Southern Wesleyan | Junior | Pitcher | Fredericksburg, Virginia
Collins went 2-0 in three appearances, two starts for the Warriors. in 16.0 innings pitched, Collins struck out nine and allowed opponents to a .148 batting average. She finished the week with and ERA of 1.31. In a complete game against North Greenville, she only allowed two runs on two hits before tossing another complete game, allowing two runs, one earned on four hits against King.
BASEBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Jeremy Begora | Young Harris | Senior | First Base | Cartersville, Georgia
Begora had a big week to lead the Mountain Lions to four wins, including a sweep of Mount Olive. For the week, he posted a .588 batting average with 10 hits, 11 runs scored and 14 runs batted in. The senior launched five home runs and recorded five walks for a slugging percentage of 1.471 and on base percentage of .650. He posted three hits with two runs scored and two runs batted in against Southern Wesleyan in a mid-week contest.
Over the weekend he posted at least two hits in all three games against Mount Olive, including three hits, two home runs, four runs batted in and four runs scored in the series opener against Mount Olive. Begora added two home runs and six runs batted in in game two before launching another home run and scoring twice in the series finale.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Austin Ritchie | Young Harris | Junior | Pitcher | Edinburg, Virginia
In his lone start of the week, Richie tossed a shutout against Mount Olive. In the contest he only allowed five hits and struck out five over seven innings to give Young Harris the 10-0 victory.
ACROBATICS & TUMBLING
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Kacie Kier | Limestone | Senior | Base/Top/Tumbler | Elgin, South Carolina
Kier helped the Saints close the regular season with wins over 15th-ranked Lander and Mars Hill. She competed in 12 heats as well as team event and contributed in eight events that scored at least 9.00. Kier helped the Saints score 9.50/10.00 in acro heat three, 9.55/10.00 in pyramid heat three and scored 9.150/9.75 in tumbling duo pass. In her tumbling aerial pass, Kier scored 9.825/10.00.
SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK - Previous Winners
Kate McCracken | King | Freshman | Base/Tumbler | Hickory, North Carolina
McCracken had a big pyramid event for the Tornado in their season finale win over Francis Marion. She helped King score 9.55/10.00 in heat one, 9.75/9.90 in heat two and 9.65/10.00 in heat three.