Academics Southern Conference

Eriksson Selected As Student-Athlete of the Week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Shannon Eriksson, a basketball player at Davidson, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for Jan. 8, the league office announced Wednesday.

Eriksson olds a 3.62 GPA in chemistry, and is Davidson’s first student-athlete of the week winner this year. The junior from Fairfax, Va., was a member of the SoCon All-Academic team last year.

Eriksson averaged 15 points and 7.5 rebounds in a pair of games last week while shooting 55.6 percent from the field and a perfect 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. She set a career high with 16 points in Davidson’s win over Samford on Saturday, also hauling in seven rebounds. Eriksson then posted 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and grabbed a career-best eight rebounds at Chattanooga on Monday.

Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week were Appalachian State women’s basketball player Maryah Sydnor, Citadel men’s basketball player Ashton Moore, Georgia Southern women’s basketball player Anna Claire Knight and Chattanooga women’s basketball player Taylor Hall.

 

Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
Sept. 4: Kym Coley, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Sept. 11: Christina Dorismond, Volleyball, Furman
Sept. 18: Nathan Dean, Men’s Soccer, Elon
Sept. 25: Clare Latham, Women’s Soccer, Chattanooga
Oct. 2: Andy Summerlin, Football, Samford
Oct. 9: Andrea Fisher, Volleyball, Furman
Oct. 16: Amanda Liguori, Volleyball, Wofford
Oct. 23: Michaela Reesor, Volleyball, Samford
Oct. 30: Tony Washington, Football, Appalachian State
Nov. 6: Teghan Henderson, Cross Country, Chattanooga
Nov. 13: Sam Coffer, Women’s Basketball, Elon
Nov. 20: Garrett Frye, Football, Georgia Southern
Nov. 27: Makensey Campbell, Women’s Basketball, Western Carolina
Dec. 4: Lucy Mason, Women’s Basketball, UNCG
Dec. 11: Brianna Tate, Track and Field, Appalachian State
Dec. 18: Anna Claire Knight, Women’s Basketball, Georgia Southern
Jan. 1: Shelby Campbell, Women’s Basketball, Samford
Jan. 8: Shannon Eriksson, Women’s Basketball, Davidson