SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Matt Talley, a senior baseball player at The Citadel, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for April 13, the league office announced today.
The Sumter, S.C., native holds a 3.70 GPA in civil engineering. Talley is the top civil engineering student at The Citadel.
Talley pitched his second consecutive complete game and the fourth of his career on Friday across cross-town conference rival College of Charleston. It was Talley's 20th career victory as he struck out three and allowed no walks in the game. In the sixth inning, the lefty struck out the Cougars' Rob Kral to record his 200th career strike outs.
The Citadel returns to the diamond this weekend as the Bulldogs travel to Greenville, S.C., to take on Furman.
Other nominees included Appalachian State baseball player Zack Briggs, Georgia Southern baseball player Eric Phillips and Chattanooga softball player Tiffany Baker.
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
Feb. 23: Mike Groselle, Men's Basketball, The Citadel
March 2: Tiffany Baker, Softball, Chattanooga
March 9: Kelsey Sharkey, Women's Basketball, Appalachian State
March 16: David Orces, Men's Tennis, The Citadel
March 23: Daniel Stallsmith, Baseball, Furman
March 30: Nick Orvin, Baseball, The Citadel
April 6: Lucy Dougherty, Women's Tennis, UNCG
April 13: Matt Talley, Baseball, The Citadel