SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Western Carolina senior Tayla Carter has been named General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for competition held May 11-16, the league office announced Tuesday.
Carter, a senior on the WCU women’s track and field squad, capped her career in Cullowhee, N.C., by sweeping the 100-meter and 200-meter dash titles at the 2016 SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday. The Marietta, Ga., native finished her career undefeated in those distances at SoCon championships, claiming first-place finishes for four straight years.
Carter concluded the day by leading the WCU women to victory as a member of the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams. Leading Samford by just 1.5 points going into the 4x400-meter relay – the meet’s final event – Carter anchored the Catamount team, which went on to win the event by more than six seconds. The victory clinched the women’s championship and sealed up the Catamounts’ first men’s and women’s title sweep since 2013.
In the classroom, Carter posted a 3.52 grade point average as a psychology major.
Other nominees: Mady Riegel (The Citadel, track and field), David Biosca (ETSU, men’s tennis), Matthew Quarles (Furman, baseball) and Teghan Henderson (Chattanooga, track and field).
General Shale SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week (since January)
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
Feb. 3: Lyn Yee Choo, ETSU, Women’s Tennis
Feb. 10: Ashley Kessler, ETSU, Track and Field
Feb. 17: Taylor Sigmon, Western Carolina, Softball
Feb. 24: Jose Hernandez, Mercer, Baseball
March 2: Allie Buchalski, Furman, Track and Field
March 9: Alicia Payne, Chattanooga, Women’s Basketball
March 16: Meghan Rud, Mercer, Softball
March 23: Bryan Sammons, Western Carolina, Baseball
March 30: Courtney Buchanan, Western Carolina, Softball
April 6: Natalie Shiver, Mercer, Softball
April 13: Megan Woods, Chattanooga, Women’s Golf
April 20: Bethany Cowart, ETSU, Softball
April 27: Lyn Yee Choo, ETSU, Women’s Tennis
May 4: Lindsay Thomas, UNCG, Softball
May 11: Alice Chen, Furman, Women’s Golf
May 17: Tayla Carter, Western Carolina, Track and Field
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