SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman women’s indoor track and field athlete Megan Marvin has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Feb. 23 to March 1. The selection, Marvin’s third of the season, is made by the conference office.
 
Marvin won the 800-meter race for the second consecutive season at the SoCon Indoor Championships on Sunday, Feb. 27, posting a time of 2:05.68 to establish a new Furman record and meet record. The sophomore set the old program record of 2:06.61 earlier this season, breaking the former meet record of 2:06.10 that was set by Karisa Nelson of Samford in 2019. Marvin ran the leadoff 1,200-meter leg for the Paladins’ distance medley relay team, which finished first with a time of 11:31.56 on Saturday, marking the Paladins' sixth straight win at the event and establishing a new meet and facility record. The previous SoCon meet record of 11:39.35, which was also the facility record, was set by the Paladins in 2019.
 
The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, native maintains a 4.00 grade point average and is currently undecided on her major.
 
Qualifying members of the Furman team will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week: Netanya Linares (Wofford women’s indoor track and field).
 
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
Feb. 16      Megan Marvin, So., Furman women’s indoor track and field
Feb. 23      Brooke Parrott, Jr., P, Chattanooga softball
March 2     Megan Marvin, So., Furman’s women’s indoor track and field