SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga women’s golfer Dorota Zalewska has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from May 10-16. The selection is made by the conference office.
 
Zalewska won the NCAA Raleigh Regional last week, closing the event with a 3-under-par 69 to punctuate her school-record score of 12-under 204. She beat the field by four strokes, besting 17 golfers ranked in the top 100, including six in the top 25 and two in the top six. Zalewska matched the program record with a 6-under 66 in the second round, which vaulted her into the lead after finishing day one in third place at 3-under.
 
The win was the first for the Mocs at an NCAA Regional in program history.
 
With the win, the Szczecin, Poland, native advanced to the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she will compete in the stroke-play portion of the event from May 19-22.
 
An exercise science major, Zalewska graduated with a 3.40 GPA the night before flying to Raleigh, North Carolina, for the tournament.
 
Also nominated: Algot Kleen (ETSU men’s golf), Mikayla Dubnik (Mercer women’s golf) and Zach Ketterman (Western Carolina baseball).
 
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 Johnson, Sr., Wofford women’s outdoor track and field
April 26       Mats Ege, R-So. ETSU men’s golf
May 3         Alyssa Lavdis, So., Chattanooga softball
May 10       Kerrington Johnson, Sr., Wofford women’s outdoor track and field
May 17       Dorota Zalewska, Sr., Chattanooga women’s golf