SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Jacksonville men’s lacrosse player Jacob Greiner has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Feb. 2-8. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
Greiner scored three goals in Jacksonville’s season opener against No. 16 Johns Hopkins on Saturday, Feb. 5, registering his sixth career hat trick in the 11-8 loss to the Blue Jays. The redshirt sophomore attackman recorded nine shots total, four shots on goal, and claimed five ground balls for the Dolphins. Prior to the 2022 campaign, Greiner was selected by his teammates as a team captain for Jacksonville. 
 
The Exton, Pennsylvania, native, who is a two-time SoCon Academic Honor Roll honoree and was named to the SoCon All-Academic Team last season, maintains a 3.98 grade point average and is majoring in finance.
 
The Dolphins (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) travel to Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday, Feb. 13, for a nonconference match against the second-ranked Duke Blue Devils (2-0, 0-0 ACC) at 1 p.m. ET before traveling to Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, for a nonconference match against Mercer (1-1, 0-0 SoCon) at 6 p.m. ET.
 
Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week: Genevieve Schwarz (ETSU women’s indoor track and field), Ashton Wood (Mercer men’s lacrosse), Andrea Cournoyer (Samford women’s basketball), Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga wrestling), Jacy Smith (Western Carolina women’s tennis) and Helen Matthews (Wofford women’s basketball).
 
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
Dec. 22      Abbey Cornelius, Jr., F, Chattanooga women’s basketball
Dec. 29      Jacksen Greco, So., G, Mercer men’s basketball
Jan. 5        Andrea Cournoyer, Jr., G, Samford women’s basketball
Jan. 12      Alexis Tomlin, Sr., F, Wofford women’s basketball
Jan. 19      Megan Marvin, So., Furman women’s indoor track and field
Jan. 26      Laylo Bakhodirova, Jr., ETSU women’s tennis
Feb. 2        Cameron Ponder, Jr., Furman men’s indoor track and field
Feb. 9        Jacob Greiner, R-So., A, Jacksonville men’s lacrosse