SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Paige Anderson, a junior women's basketball player at Samford, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for February 16, the league office announced today.
The Spring Garden, Ala., native holds a 3.95 GPA in business.
In two SoCon games last week, Anderson averaged 13.0 points per game while shooting 6-for-10 from behind the arc and a perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw line. The Bulldog guard led the team with 17 points against conference-leading Appalachian State and then added nine points in Monday's win over Davidson.
Samford is set to close out its regular season this week when it travels to take on Elon Saturday afternoon before visiting UNCG on Monday.
Other nominees included Appalachian State women's basketball player Kelsey Sharkey, Furman women's basketball player Kaitlin Murphy, Georgia Southern women's indoor track and field distance runner Sara Curry, UNCG women's basketball player Amanda Leigh and Chattanooga wrestler Dean Pavlou.
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
Feb. 2: Christopher Castagno, Men's Indoor Track & Field, The Citadel
Feb. 9: Jason McCroskey, Wrestling, Chattanooga
Feb. 16: Paige Anderson, Women's Basketball, Samford