Former UTC golfers Christine Wolf (2008-11) and Agathe Sauzon (2013-15) have earned full status on the Ladies European Tour for 2016. Wolf played on conditional status the last two years and earned full acceptance by finishing 36th in the tour’s Order of Merit in 2015. Sauzon, who tied for fourth in the Southern Conference tournament as her Mocs career ended last spring, prepared for LET Q-School during the summer and earned her card on her first try by tying for 17th place with a 6-under-par 354 in the 90-hole event in Morocco.
* An auction involving Chattanooga’s LPGA Tour golfer, Brooke Pancake, and Waffle House restaurants to benefit Siskin Children’s Institute begins this morning. Up for bid are Pancake’s Waffle House-themed bags from last year and a round of golf with her for the winner and two guests. The winning bids at www.charitybuzz.com/wafflehouse will be determined on Feb. 16. “We are looking forward to the second year of our partnership with Brooke,” Waffle House president and CEO Walt Ehmer said in a release, praising “the energy she brings to her game and the desire she has to help others.” Pancake said she was aware of the institute’s “amazing love, care and support (for) special-needs children and their families” as she grew up, and she reconnected with the facility through another of her sponsors, PlayCore of Chattanooga. “I have such a passion for kids and feel so blessed to have a platform through golf to bring recognition to the great things Siskin is doing,” she said.
Basketball
* The Tennessee Wesleyan men’s basketball team is officially 17-1 with 15 straight wins after beating Fisk 90-71 on Monday. Leland Robinson scored 23 points and Devante’ Jenkins had 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Trey Suttles had 10 points, five assists and three steals. TWC, ranked 19th in NAIA Division II, has exhibition losses to Southern Conference members UTC and Wofford.
* Covenant’s Bailey Spragg is the USA South men’s basketball rookie of the week for the second straight time. He had a team- and career-high 18 points plus six rebounds, five assists and four steals in Covenant’s first win over Maryville in 18 meetings going back to 1995.