University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior All-America defensive lineman Isaiah Mack will be the third Moc in three years to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, and the other two – Corey Levin and Tae Davis – are with NFL teams. Mack, a former Northwest Whitfield High School standout who became the 2018 Southern Conference defensive player of the year, was one of 112 players selected for the eighth annual NFLPA game, divided into National and American squads headed by former NFL head coaches Mike Tice and Chuck Pagano. Mack is on Tice’s National team. The game is this Saturday at 5 p.m. EST in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California (televised on FS1), and all week the players will be learning about the business of football as well as practicing.
Swimming
* The Baylor Swim Club’s Addison Smith qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic team trials with her 11th-place 4:16.82 time in the women’s 400-meter freestyle this past weekend in the TYR Pro series meet in Knoxville. She also set BSC records in the 800 and 200 free events, finishing ninth and 13th overall, and BSC’s Jack Kirby was sixth in the men’s 50 backstroke that included Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy and was won by rising U.S. star Michael Andrew. Kirby was 15th in the 100 back and 50 free, while Cecilia Porter was 15th in the 100 breaststroke and 16th in the 200 breast and Ellie Waldrep was 20th in the women’s 50 back, 23rd in the 100 back and 24th in the 50 free.
Basketball
* Sophomore forward Will Crumly is Covenant College’s first back-to-back USA South men’s basketball player of the week since 2013. He averaged 24 points and nine rebounds in the Scots’ 3-0 week against league opponents. He shot 61.7 percent from the field and is at 59.7 percent for the season with No. 2 USAS averages of 22.5 points and 9.6 rebounds. Covenant is 9-6 overall, 8-0 in USAS games.