SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer’s Amanda Thompson has been named the General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from March 6 – 12. This is her third selection of the year.
The Haynesville, North Carolina, native had a standout week as she helped lead the Bears to win the 2019 SoCon women’s basketball championships on Sunday. She notched 17 rebounds, one shy of a career-high, against Western Carolina in the semifinals and averaged 12.3 rebounds, 8 points and 2.3 steals per game throughout the tournament. She earned the COSIDA Academic All-American award earlier this week as well as earned the Pinnacle Award and was named to the All-SoCon Tournament First Team this past weekend. The senior currently averages 10.7 points, 13.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.2 steals for the on the season.
The Bears now turn their attention to the NCAA tournament selection show, which will take place on Monday, March 18 at 7 p.m. to see who they will be facing and where they will go for the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Thompson, a senior, currently holds a 3.9 grade point average in electrical engineering.
Also nominated for SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week: J.D. Davis (The Citadel baseball), Sergi Fontcuberta (ETSU men’s tennis), Ruben Guerrero (Samford men’s basketball), Halie Williamson (Chattanooga softball) and Storm Murphy (Wofford men’s basketball).
General Shale SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 5 Alexa Frankeny, Western Carolina, Women’s Soccer
Sept. 12 Bryce Nunnelly, Chattanooga, Football
Sept. 19 Catie Cronister, Wofford, Volleyball
Sept. 26 Sarah Connolly, ETSU, Women’s Soccer
Oct.3 Tee Mitchell, Mercer, Football
Oct. 10 Abigail Veit, Western Carolina, Volleyball
Oct. 17 Harris Roberts, Furman, Football
Oct. 24 Allison Penner, UNCG, Volleyball
Oct. 31 Savannah Carnahan, Furman, Cross Country
Nov. 7 Heida Ragney Vidarsdottir, UNCG, Women’s Soccer
Nov. 14 Jake Huffine, Chattanooga, Wrestling
Nov. 21 Savannah Carnahan, Furman Cross Country
Nov. 28 Amanda Thompson, Mercer, Women’s Basketball
Dec. 5 Kelsi Hobbs, Samford, Volleyball
Dec. 12 Amanda Thompson, Mercer, Women’s Basketball
Dec. 19 Nadine Soliman, UNCG, Women’s Basketball
Dec. 26 Jake Huffine, Chattanooga, Wrestling
Jan. 2 Zane Najdawi, The Citadel, Men’s Basketball
Jan. 9 Mladen Armus, ETSU, Men’s Basketball
Jan. 16 Ben Varghese, ETSU, Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Jan. 23 Andrew Morgan, Campbell, Wrestling
Jan. 30 Nadine Soliman, UNCG, Women’s Basketball
Feb. 6 Onno Steger, Western Carolina, Men’s Basketball
Feb. 13 Savannah Carnahan, Furman, Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Feb. 20 Sean Connolly, The Citadel, Baseball
Feb. 27 Savannah Carnahan, Furman, Women’s Indoor Track and Field
March 6 Madison Armstrong, Western Carolina, Softball
March 13 Amanda Thompson, Mercer, Women’s Basketball
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