SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford men’s indoor track and field athlete Ty Kimberlin has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Jan. 18-24. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
Kimberlin won the heptathlon at the Samford Multis at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama, on Thursday and Friday. The graduate student from Olive Branch, Mississippi, claimed victories in the long jump and 1,000-meter run, finished second in the 60-meter dash, shot put and high jump, took third in the pole vault and finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles en route to a personal-best score of 5,431. Kimberlin’s score ranks third in program history, leads the SoCon by 602 points and ranks eighth on the NCAA Division I Indoor Qualifying List this season.
 
Kimberlin boasts a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in professional accountancy.
 
Samford’s track and field programs are back in action Sunday, Feb. 5, at the South Alabama Invitational, also at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Also nominated: Genevieve Scwarz (ETSU women’s indoor track and field), Megan Marvin (Furman women’s indoor track and field), Jessie Young (Chattanooga women’s tennis), Kate Mattison (Western Carolina women’s indoor track and field) and Lilly Hatton (Wofford women’s basketball).
 
2022-23 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
Nov. 9     Reuben Lowery III, So., DB, Chattanooga football
Nov. 16    Annie Karle, Gr., OH, Mercer volleyball
Nov. 23    Julian Ashby, Jr., LS, Furman football
Nov. 30    Abbey Cornelius, Sr., F, Chattanooga women’s basketball
Dec. 7     Lilly Hatton, Sr., F, Wofford women’s basketball
Dec. 14    Erin Houpt, So., G, Mercer women’s basketball
Dec. 21    Helen Matthews, Jr., G, Wofford women’s basketball
Dec. 28    Abbey Cornelius, Sr., F, Chattanooga women’s basketball
Jan. 4      Kyla Allison, Gr., G, Western Carolina women’s basketball
Jan. 11    Lincoln Heck, So., 157, Chattanooga wrestling
Jan. 18    Rebekah Howard, R-Jr., ETSU women’s indoor track and field
Jan. 25    Ty Kimberlin, Gr., Samford men’s indoor track and field