SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Western Carolina’s women’s soccer player Alexa Frankeny has been named the General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for competition held Aug. 29 - Sept. 4.

After sitting out two years due to injury, the captain and redshirt senior defender was part of the Catamount defense that helped to lead them to a 1-0 overtime win over Campbell and a 0-0 tie with Navy. Frankeny and the defense have allowed just one goal over the last 460 minutes of play as well as five shots on goal and four shutouts.

A biology major, Frankeny holds a 3.97 grade point average.

Western Carolina will continue nonconference play with a pair of road games this week, traveling to UT Martin on Friday before facing Middle Tennessee on Sunday.

Also nominated for SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week: Kaela Massey (ETSU volleyball), Shian Mallory (Samford women’s cross country), Cienna Rideout (UNCG women’s soccer), Bryce Nunnelly (Chattanooga football), and Colleen Reilly (Wofford volleyball).

General Shale SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 5 Alexa Frankeny, Western Carolina, Women’s Soccer

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