After their teams secured national championships last Saturday in Kissimmee, Fla., Lee University’s Kathryn Healy from Chattanooga and Notre Dame High School and David Perez from Northwest Whitfield were named the National Christian College Athletic Association Division I soccer student-athletes of the week. Healy, a senior forward, scored in three of the Lady Flames’ four matches at Kissimmee and was voted the most outstanding offensive player of the women’s tournament. Perez, a sophomore, scored in each of the fifth-seeded Flames’ four wins and had the winning goals in the semifinals and final. He was the most outstanding player of the men’s event.
Volleyball
• Lee senior middle blocker Lauren Williams is a 2014 NCCAA volleyball first-team All-American. She helped lead the Lady Flames to six wins in their final seven matches against Gulf South Conference competition, and she led them for the season with 247 kills and 77 blocks. She had 16 kills in 17 attempts against Mississippi College, and that .941 attack percentage broke the .875 school single-match record held since 1998 by Katrina Chatfield. “I am so proud of Lauren and the great year she enjoyed,” Lee coach Andrea Hudson said in a website posting. “Lauren played as a freshman on a team that competed in the final four of the NAIA tournament and last year helped our team reach the final four at the NCCAA nationals.”
Wrestling
• Through no fault of their own, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling Mocs dropped a notch from No. 19 to No. 20 in the latest NWCA coaches’ poll. The Mocs last wrestled a dual meet on Nov. 15, when they went 3-0 at the Eastern Michigan Duals, and they last competed Nov. 22 at the Navy Classic, which they won. They’ll open their home season Friday against Purdue, which is listed among the teams receiving poll votes. In the latest InterMat national dual team rankings, Purdue is ranked No. 23 and UTC No. 24. In the latest individual rankings, the Mocs’ Sean Boyle is No. 19 at 125 pounds and Nick Soto is No. 14 at 133.