SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU men’s golfer Remi Chartier has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from April 20-26. The selection, Chartier’s first of the season, is made by the conference office.
Chartier clinched the individual title at the Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championship at Reynolds Lake Oconee’s par-72, 7,393-yard The Oconee Course in Greensboro, Georgia, on Sunday, April 24, shooting an 18-under-par 198 to set a program record for a 54-hole score versus par and win by eight strokes over UNCG’s Nick Lyerly. The redshirt sophomore began the championship with a 4-under 68 in the opening round before tying a program record and setting a SoCon tournament record for the lowest round with a 9-under 63 in the second. Chartier then polished off the event with a 5-under 67 in the final round to nab his first collegiate win, becoming ETSU’s 17
th SoCon medalist and third in the last three tournaments, and help the Buccaneers to their 22nd SoCon title win. He led the field in total birdies with 20 and paced the field in par-4 scoring (-8), while his 198 also tied a program record for the lowest 54-hole total in ETSU history.
The Montreal, Canada, native maintains a 3.57 grade point average and is majoring in media communications with a concentration in journalism and minoring in finance.
The Buccaneers clinched an automatic berth to the NCAA regionals. The NCAA field will be announced live on Wednesday, May 4, at 4 p.m. (ET), on the Golf Channel.
Also nominated for Student-Athlete of the Week: Julia Adams (Furman women’s tennis), Angelo DiSpigna (Mercer baseball), Merritt Cahoon (Samford softball), Paul Conroy (Chattanooga men’s golf), Daniel Walsh (Western Carolina baseball) and Brennen Dorighi (Wofford baseball).
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, Sr., 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 women’s indoor track and field
March 9 Alexis Tomlin, Sr., F, Wofford women’s basketball
March 16 Cameron Ponder, Sr., Furman men’s indoor track and field
March 23 Hannah Wood, Jr., P, Chattanooga softball
March 30 Megan Marvin, So., Furman women’s outdoor track and field
April 6 Dorota Zalewska, Jr., Chattanooga women’s golf
April 13 Bryce Hodge, Sr., INF, ETSU baseball
April 20 Dorota Zalewska, Jr., Chattanooga women’s golf
April 27 Remi Chartier, R-So., ETSU men’s golf
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