SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Kelsey Evans, a senior women's basketball player at Elon, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for January 9, the league office announced today.
Evans averaged 15.5 points and 15 rebounds per game in two wins for Elon last week. She posted 12 points and nine boards in a win over Samford on Saturday, before helping the Phoenix knock off Chattanooga with her sixth double-double of the season with 19 points and a game-high 21 rebounds on Monday. The senior's 21 boards marked a new career high, while she also tied her career high of five blocks in the game. Evans is now five blocks shy of tying Elon's all-time blocked shots record of 197. The Raleigh, N.C., native scored the game-tying basket with six seconds left against Chattanooga to help send the game into overtime. In overtime, Evans scored the team's first four points of the extra period, six total, to help Elon to the 10-point victory over the Lady Mocs. She went 12-of-26 from the field last week to shoot 46 percent and shot 87 percent from the charity stripe.
The exercise science major currently holds a 3.54 GPA and averages a double-double with 14.5 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
Other nominees included Appalachian State women's basketball's Kelsey Sharkey, Davidson women's basketball's Katrin Chiemeka, Georgia Southern women's basketball's MiMi DuBose, and Chattanooga women's basketball's Kayla Christopher.
Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
Sept. 5: Christina Dorismond, Volleyball, Furman
Sept. 12: Nathan Wanuch, Cross Country, Chattanooga
Sept. 19: Carson Smith, Football, The Citadel
Sept. 26: Kate Van Dyke, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Oct. 3: Lauren Hein, Women's Soccer, UNCG
Oct. 10: Julia Singley, Women's Soccer, Davidson
Oct. 17: Rachel Woodlee, Volleyball, Wofford
Oct. 24: Laura Greb, Women's Soccer, Western Carolina
Oct. 31: Paul Chelimo, Cross Country, UNCG
Nov. 7: Clark Sechrest, Football, Western Carolina
Nov. 14: Moriah Bellissimo, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Nov. 21: Christina Dorismond, Volleyball, Furman
Nov. 28: Kayla Christopher, Women's Basketball, Chattanooga
Dec. 5: Courtney Freeman, Women's Basketball, Appalachian State
Dec. 12: Aaron Hansen, Wrestling , The Citadel
Dec. 19: Nick Soto, Wrestling, Chattanooga
Jan. 9: Kelsey Evans, Women's Basketball, Elon