SPARTANBURG, S.C. - David Moore, a senior men's track and field athlete at Chattanooga, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for January 26, the league office announced today.
The Sarnia, Ontario, native holds a 4.0 GPA in engineering technology.
In the season-opening meet for the Mocs at the Blue Raider Invitational in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Moore ran a personal-best 1:55.02 in the 800-meter run, finishing second overall. He topped his previous record of 1:57.46 by more than two seconds in the event. Moore will run next weekend when the Mocs travel to the campus of the University of Kentucky to compete in the prestigious Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational.
A senior, Moore was named to the 2010 Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team as a member of the men's cross country team, and he was also named to the UTC Athletics Director's Honor Roll and the Dean's List at Chattanooga last fall.
Other nominees included Appalachian State women's indoor track & field athlete Brittney Caudle, The Citadel wrestler Jordan Dix, Davidson wrestler Tyler Mullen, Jr., Elon women's basketball player Kelsey Evans, Furman women's tennis player Monica Arguello, Georgia Southern women's indoor track & field athlete Sara Curry and UNCG men's basketball player Kyle Randall.
Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
Sept. 8: Brittany Hallberg, Women's Soccer, Elon
Sept. 15: Courtney Barnes, Volleyball, Chattanooga
Sept. 22: Ashley Schnell, Women's Cross Country, UNCG
Sept. 29: Moriah Bellissimo, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Oct. 6: Ashley Schnell, Women's Cross Country, UNCG
Oct. 13: Sarah Schermerhorn, Women's Volleyball, Elon
Oct. 20: Mitch Allen, Football, Wofford
Oct. 27: Kate Van Dyke, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Nov. 3: A.J. Harris, Football, Elon
Nov. 10: Maggie Seeds, Volleyball, Appalachian State
Nov. 17: B.J. Coleman, Football, Chattanooga
Nov. 24: Joel Bradford, Football, Chattanooga
Dec. 1: Courtney Freeman, Women's Basketball, Appalachian State
Dec. 8: Kendra Berry, Women's Basketball, Furman
Dec. 15: Monique Floyd, Women's Basketball, UNCG
Jan. 5: Meredyth Frye, Women's Basketball, Georgia Southern
Jan. 12: Drew Spradlin, Men's Basketball, Elon
Jan. 19: Monique Floyd, Women's Basketball, UNCG
Jan. 26: David Moore, Men's Indoor Track & Field, Chattanooga