University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior golfer Megan Woods was one of the 10 Southern Conference graduate scholarship winners announced Thursday by the league. The scholarships are worth $2,000 each. Woods’ specific award is the inaugural Milliken & Co. Scholarship. An accounting major with a 4.0 grade point average, she was the medalist in the 2016 SoCon tournament and has two top-10 finishes this year going into the Brickyard Collegiate starting Sunday at Macon, Ga. “It’s a wonderful achievement,” coach Colette Murray said in a UTC release. “We’re very proud of her for all of her accomplishments and everthing she’s done over her four years. I’m just very excited for her. Megan has such an exciting future ahead of her. I know she’ll be wonderful at whatever road she takes.”
Softball
‘ Covenant College senior catcher Shannon Schmitt was voted to the All-USA South and USAS All-West Division softball first teams announced Thursday, and freshman teammate Jada Allmon was a second-team All-West selection. Hannah Talley represented the Lady Scots (20-18) on the all-sportsmanship team for the second year in a row. They play today at LaGrange in a best-of-three series in the league tournament. Schmitt is batting .333 with a team-best .453 on-base percentage and team-most 17 RBIs. She has nine doubles, has scored 14 runs and has been hit by pitches a school-record 13 times. Shortstop Allmon is hitting .265 with a .337 OBP, 13 runs and 10 RBIs.
‘ Tennessee Wesleyan won 7-3 and lost 3-2 in its Appalachian Athletic Conference softball doubleheader Thursday at Brenau and now is 16-12, 9-5 in the league. Kelsey Payne from East Hamilton and Savannah Moore each was 2-for-4 in the first game for Brenau (18-11, 7-3), Payne with a double and a run scored, and Payne was 2-for-3 with a double and catcher Moore had a hit and her pinch runner scored in the Golden Tigers’ win.
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