SPARTANBURG, S.C.– Chattanooga women's cross country runner Lesley Green-Boyd has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Sept. 27 – Oct. 3. The selection is made by the conference office. 

Green-Boyd, who won the honor on Sept. 20, took first in the Blue Division at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic on Saturday. The Dayton, Tennessee, product posted a personal best of 17:27.4 in the race and finished more than 16 seconds ahead of the runner-up. The graduate student led the Mocs to a first-place team finish with 97 points. 

The graduate student is pursuing her MBA and holds a 3.8 GPA 

Also nominated:Brianna Cantrell (ETSU Volleyball), Carly Wilkes (Furman Women's Cross Country), Tobias Jonsson (Mercer Men's Golf), Kyla Reynolds (Samford Women's Soccer), Sedona Dancu (VMI Women's Soccer), Nic Parker (Wofford Men's Soccer)

2023 Southern Conference Student Athletes of the Week
Sept. 6             Paige Gallentine, Chattanooga Volleyball
Sept. 13           Nate Brackett, ETSU Football
Sept. 20           Lesley Green-Boyd, Chattanooga Cross Country
Sept. 27           Mary Raymond, Samford Women's Soccer
Oct. 4               Lesley Green-Boyd, Chattanooga Cross Country