University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior wrestler Jake Huffine is the Southern Conference student-athlete of the week for Nov. 7-13. An accounting major from Cartersville, Georgia, with a 4.0 grade point average, Huffine was an 8-6 overtime winner at 133 pounds in the Mocs’ dual Sunday against 21st-ranked North Carolina. He scored a reversal just before the third-period buzzer to force overtime. UTC football receiver Bryce Nunnelly was the SoCon student-athlete honoree on Sept. 12.
Volleyball
* UTC junior middle blocker Dani Szczepanski made the All-SoCon volleyball second team announced Wednesday, and Mocs outside hitter Gylian Finch and setter Jaquelyn Langhaim were two of the seven all-freshman honorees. UTC will face Samford in the 5 p.m. match Friday in the league tournament at UNC Greensboro.
* Cleveland State’s first volleyball signee for next season is Katlyn Knight from Maynardville, Tennessee, and Union County High School. She was all-district in 2017 and the 2016 and 2018 libero of the year. “I love the atmosphere at Cleveland State, and it’s close to Chattanooga and I’m excited to move away from home,” Knight said in a release. “I am so blessed to have this opportunity.”
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