SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Elon women’s tennis player Paige Kensrue has been named this week’s Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all sporting events from Feb. 4-10, the conference office announced Wednesday.

 

The junior co-captain carries a 3.84 GPA in exercise/sports science and is a Honors Fellow. Kensrue went 2-0 last week at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles as the Phoenix won two out of their three matches. The Tampa, Fla., native won singles and doubles matches over both East Carolina and Radford, overcoming first-set deficits in both singles matches to pull out the win. 

 

Also nominated for this week’s award were UNC Greensboro women’s basketball player Gini Grimsley, Chattanooga men’s indoor track and field runner Chris Berry, Western Carolina women’s basketball player Kendra Eaton and Samford women’s basketball player Savannah Hill.

 

Student-Athlete of the Week

Week 1 - Andy Horn, Football, Western Carolina

Week 2 - Lauren Tomory, Women’s Cross Country/Tennis, Furman

Week 3 - Sarabeth Peele, Volleyball, Davidson

Week 4 ? Arlan Whittle, Women’s Soccer, Western Carolina

Week 5 - Cayley Winters, Women’s Soccer, Samford

Week 6 ? Caitlin Williams, Women’s Soccer, Western Carolina

Week 7 ? Pierre Banks, Football, Appalachian State

Week 8 ? Sabrina Lefort, Women’s Cross Country, Chattanooga

Week 9 ? Courtney Barnes, Volleyball, Chattanooga

Week 10 ? Kaitlyn Nortz, Volleyball, UNC Greensboro

Week 11 ? Steven Kinney, Men’s Soccer, Elon

Week 12 ? Lee Stephens, Women’s Basketball, Furman

Week 13 ? Brooke Johnson, Women’s Basketball, Western Carolina

Week 14 ? Frances Hernandez, Women’s Basketball, Appalachian State

Week 15 ? Gini Grimsley, Women’s Basketball, UNC Greensboro

Week 16 ? Brooke Johnson, Women’s Basketball, Western Carolina

Week 17 ? Lee Stephens, Women’s Basketball, Furman

Week 18 ? Ben Altman, Wrestling, Davidson

Week 19 ? Brooke Johnson, Women’s Basketball, Western Carolina

Week 20 ? Megan Wilderotter, Women’s Basketball, Samford

Week 21 ? Matt Evans, Track and Field, Western Carolina

Week 22 ? Paige Kensrue, Women’s Tennis, Elon