SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel’s Shane Connolly has been named the General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from March 20 – 26. This is his second selection of the year.
The Huntersville, North Carolina, native tossed his second complete-game shutout of the season on Saturday against VMI in the Bulldogs conference-opening series. The sophomore limited the Keydets to just four singles and after giving up two hits in the second inning, did not allow another hit until the seventh inning, only allowing one base runner to reach base.
With this second complete-game shutout he became the only pitcher in Division I baseball with two complete-game shutouts this season. He was also named this week’s SoCon pitcher of the week for the second time this season as well as was named this week conference’s College Sports Madness player of the week.
Connolly, a sophomore, currently holds a 3.92 grade point average in business administration.
The Bulldogs will next travel to Greenville, South Carolina, this weekend for a conference matchup with the Furman Paladins.
Also nominated for SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week: Kennedy Thomson (Chattanooga women’s outdoor track and field), Matthew Scarr (ETSU men’s track and field), Amanda Thompson (Mercer women’s basketball), Madison Couch (Samford 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 Shane 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
March 20 Austin Carter, ETSU, Men’s Golf
March 27 Shane Connolly, The Citadel, Baseball
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