SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford outdoor track and field runner Kerrington Johnson has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from April 12-18. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
A senior from Anderson, South Carolina, Johnson won a pair of events and posted a trio of SoCon-leading times at the Catamount Classic in Cullowhee, North Carolina, on Friday and Saturday.
 
Johnson turned in her two best times of the season in the 100-meter hurdles, running 13.70 seconds in Friday’s preliminaries before winning the event on Saturday in 13.58 seconds. Later that afternoon, Johnson completed the hurdles sweep with a win in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.86, the second-best time of her career. She ranks 39th on the NCAA Division I East Outdoor Qualifying List in the 100m hurdles and 89th in the 400m hurdles.
 
Johnson also competed on the Terriers’ 4x400-meter relay, running the third leg in helping Wofford to a runner-up finish in a league-best time of 3:50.94.
 
A finance major, Johnson has fashioned a 3.90 cumulative GPA in her career.
 
Also nominated: Mary Brown (ETSU women’s outdoor track and field), Caroline Crumrine (Furman women’s golf), Kate Song (Mercer women’s golf), Brody Westbrooks (Samford baseball), Brooke Parrott (Chattanooga softball), Ty Swaim (VMI baseball) and Madison Isaacson (Western Carolina women’s golf).
 
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
Feb. 1         Megan Marvin, Jr., Furman women’s indoor track and field
Feb. 8         Yunuen Elizarraras, Gr., ETSU women’s tennis
Feb. 15       Kate Mattison, 5^th, Western Carolina indoor track and field
Feb. 22       Laylo Bakhodirova, Sr., ETSU women’s tennis
March 1      Megan Marvin, Jr., Furman women’s indoor track and field
March 8      Addie Grace Porter, So., Chattanooga women’s basketball
March 15    Ryan Galanie, Sr., 1B, Wofford baseball
March 22    Kaili Phillips, R-Jr., INF, Chattanooga softball
March 29    Algot Kleen, So., ETSU men’s golf
April 5         Lucas Mahlstedt, So., RHP, Wofford baseball
April 12       Laylo Bakhodirova, Sr., ETSU women’s tennis
April 19       Kerrington Johson, Sr., Wofford women’s outdoor track and field