Five Eagles Chosen as UAA Athletes of the Week for Feb. 23 - March 1
Five Emory University student-athletes were selected as University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week Monday afternoon for their performances during the week of February 23 through March 1.
Five Emory University student-athletes were selected as University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week Monday afternoon for their performances during the week of February 23 through March 1.
Graduate student Ariana Khan excelled at the NCAA Diving Regional Championships in Atlanta over the weekend as she swept both regional titles to qualify for the NCAA Championships later this month. On Friday, Khan won the 1-meter with a mark of 460.30 and then on Saturday, she continued to shine with a win on the 3-meter at 476.60.
Sophomore Solly Berkenwald highlighted the Emory men's diver at the regional championships as he was one of four Eagles who qualified for the NCAA Championships. Berkenwald started his weekend with a runner-up performance in the field of 22 on the 3-meter as he scored 517.30 before taking the regional title in the 1-meter event on Saturday with a winning score of 475.80.
Senior Ben Pearce put an exclamation point on his flawless regular season with back-to-back double-doubles as the No. 3 ranked men's basketball team went 2-0 at home against Carnegie Mellon and Rochester to claim the UAA championship. Pearce went for 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds on Wednesday in the Eagles' 94-70 win over the Tartans before going for 32 points, 10 assists and two steals in the team's four-point win over UR. Pearce made history again on Saturday as he became Emory's all-time career leader with 248 made three-pointers after sinking seven triples over the two victories.
Senior Josh Zuckerman had his best pitching performance of the season Friday afternoon as the baseball team blanked Covenant, 12-0, in the opening game of Emory's three-game sweep. Zuckerman fired seven shutout innings to earn the complete game win and scattered two hits and two walks over his outing. He struck out a season-high 11 batters as well in the win.
Junior Zach Hanson had an impressive week at the plate as the Eagles continued their winning ways with a 4-0 record against LaGrange and Covenant. Hanson went 9-for-15 across the four games, collecting seven RBI, two doubles, one stolen base and scored eight times. Hanson added two walks and two hit-by-pitches in game one against Covenant then drove in a career-best five runs in Saturday's 15-14 slugfest.