SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer’s Payton Schanen has been named the Southern Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week for all competition Feb. 19-25. The selection is made by the league office.
 
Schanen recorded her second top-10 finish of the season last week at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational at The Landing Course in Greensboro, Georgia. The redshirt senior from Alpharetta, Georgia, opened the tournament with a 1-under-par 71 and followed with a 5-over 77 in the second round. Schanen would bounce back on the final day with another 1-under 71 for her fifth round under par this season to finish tied for ninth out of 80 golfers. She led Mercer to a second-place finish as a team behind only 19^th-ranked Auburn.
 
The weekly award is the second of Schanen’s career.
 
The Bears will return to the links March 13-15 when they travel to Mesa, Arizona, for the Clover Cup at the Longbow Golf Club.
 
Also nominated: Tereza Melecka (ETSU), Dorota Zalewski (Chattanooga) and Becca Earl (Wofford)
 
SoCon Women’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 11            Natalie Srinivasan, Furman
Sept.18             Natalie Srinivasan, Furman
Sept. 25            Becca Earl, Wofford
Oct. 2               Natalie Srinivasan, Furman
Oct. 9               Esme Hamilton, Chattanooga
Oct. 16             Sarah-Eve Rhéaume, Furman
Oct. 23             Carol Pyon, Mercer
Oct. 30             Tereza Melecka, ETSU
Nov. 6              Laila Hrindova, Mercer
Feb. 18             Natalie Srinivasan, Furman
Feb. 26             Payton Schanen, Mercer