SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman cross country runner Megan Marvin has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
Marvin placed fifth at the Southern Conference Championship on Sunday, Oct. 30, at Johns Island County Park on Johns Island, South Carolina, posting a 5k time of 17:10.1 to help Furman to its 10th straight league title in the 10-team race with a perfect score of 15 points. The junior, who earned first-team All-SoCon honors this season, was also named the SoCon Pinnacle Award Winner as the athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team.
 
The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, native maintains a 4.00 grade point average and is majoring in economics.
 
Furman will compete at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships on Nov. 11 at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week: Tyler Keltner (Furman football), Mikayla Dubnik (Mercer women’s golf), Tyron Arnett (Chattanooga football), Cassidy Dufour (VMI rifle), Kate Mattison (Western Carolina women’s cross country) and Sarah Barham (Wofford volleyball).

SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 7       Abigail Robertson, Sr., Furman women’s cross country
Sept. 14     Chandler Martin, R-Fr., LB, ETSU football
Sept. 21     Collin Ironside, R-So., QB, VMI football
Sept. 28     Nieva Gaither, Jr., MF, Furman women’s soccer
Oct. 5         Kennedy Smith, Sr., OH, Wofford volleyball
Oct. 12       Maggie Lloyd, Jr., F, Western Carolina women’s soccer
Oct. 19       Nadia Wilson, So., D, UNCG women’s soccer
Oct. 26       Tarik Pannholzer, Jr., F, ETSU men’s soccer
Nov. 2        Megan Marvin, Jr., Furman women’s cross country