SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford’s Taylor Reece has been named General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for competition held Jan. 20-26, the league office announced Wednesday.

Reece, a center on the Bulldogs’ women’s basketball team, helped lead her squad to two important SoCon wins last week over ETSU and Chattanooga. The Hendersonville, Tenn., product tallied 17 points, four rebounds and four assists as Samford topped ETSU 55-47 last Thursday. Two days later, she scored 14 points and tacked on two rebounds and two assists as the Bulldogs edged UTC, 48-43. The redshirt senior was 12-of-22 from the floor, 3-of-8 from 3-point land and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line during the two-game stretch.

Reece possesses a 3.76 grade point average and is currently in nurse practitioner school at Samford.

Other nominees: Rogerio Ribeiro (ETSU, Men's Tennis) and Sherae Bonner (Western Carolina, Women's Basketball).

General Shale SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week (since Nov. 25, 2015)

Nov. 25: John Lampe, Chattanooga, Wrestling

Dec. 2: Lucy Mason, UNCG, Women’s Basketball

Dec. 9: Sydni Means, Mercer, Women’s Basketball

Dec. 16: Krista Stricklin, Samford, Women’s Basketball

Dec. 23: Eric Robertson, Chattanooga, Men’s Basketball

Jan. 6: Lucy Mason, UNCG, Women’s Basketball

Jan. 13: Haydn Borghetti-Metz, ETSU, Track and Field

Jan. 20: Chandler Christopher, ETSU, Women’s Basketball

Jan. 27: Taylor Reece, Samford, Women’s Basketball

-www.SoConSports.com-