SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga’s Monica San Juan has been named the General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from April 10-16. This selection was made by the league office.
San Juan captured her first collegiate win at the Southern Conference Women’s Golf Championship on Tuesday. She was the only golfer to finish the course at par or better with a 1-under 215, out-playing World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 31 Natalie Srinivasan of Furman, World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 61 Haylee Harford of Furman and Hee Ying Loy of ETSU, who ranked 96th in the Golfstat Top 100 collegiate golfers. Her 215 is the best winning total in the championship’s eight visits to Moss Creek and her 71.67 average was 7.49 below the field average of 79.16.
San Juan currently holds a 3.84 grade point average in industrial engineering.
Also nominated for SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week: Madeline Davis (Samford women’s golf) and Shaina Reed (Western Carolina softball).
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
April 1 Savannah Carnahan, Furman, Track and Field
April 10 David Beam, ETSU, Baseball
April 17 Monica San Juan, Chattanooga, Women’s Golf
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