SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford women’s basketball player Andrea Cournoyer has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Dec. 8-14. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
Cournoyer led Samford with a pair of strong performances in the Bulldogs’ two appearances last week, including Samford’s 72-47 loss against Alabama A&M on Thursday, Dec. 9, and its 77-68 win over UAB on Sunday, Dec. 12. The junior guard scored 16 points and added five steals in the loss to AAMU before netting 27 points and adding six rebounds and five steals in the Bulldogs’ victory over the Blazers. The Merryville, Louisiana, native averaged 21.5 points per game for the week, making 54.3 percent of her shots from the floor.
 
Cournoyer, who was named to the 2020-21 SoCon Academic Honor Roll, maintains a perfect 4.00 grade point average and is pursuing a degree in communication sciences and disorders.
 
Samford (4-7, 0-0 SoCon) will travel to Oxford, Mississippi, on Friday, Dec. 17, for a nonconference game against Ole Miss at 1 p.m. CT before traveling to Cookeville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, for a nonconference game against Tennessee Tech at 2 p.m. CT.
 
Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week: Shannon Titus (Mercer women’s basketball) and Weston Wichman (Chattanooga wrestling).
 
SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 1       Meghan Yaffa, R-Jr., OH, Wofford volleyball
Sept. 7       Hamp Sisson, Jr., QB, Furman football
Sept. 15     Timmy Bleekrode, R-So., PK/P, Furman football
Sept. 22     Kayla White, Sr., OH, UNCG volleyball
Sept. 29     Kyla Reynolds, Jr., F, Samford women’s soccer
Oct. 6         Atkins Roberts, So., K/P, Wofford football
Oct. 13       Alyssa Frazier, Sr., MF, Samford women’s soccer
Oct. 20      Cole Strange, Sr., OL, Chattanooga football
Oct. 27       Annie Karle, Sr., OH, Mercer volleyball
Nov. 3       Tereza Malecka, Grad, ETSU women’s golf
Nov. 10      Carol Pyon, Sr., Mercer women’s golf
Nov. 17      Mary Raymond, Jr., MF, Samford women’s soccer
Nov. 24      Malachi Smith, So., G, Chattanooga men’s basketball
Dec. 1       Alexis Tomlin, Sr., F, Wofford women’s basketball
Dec. 8       Abbey Cornelius, Jr., F, Chattanooga women’s basketball
Dec. 15      Andrea Cournoyer, Jr., G, Samford women’s basketball