Dalton State College senior Carnilious Simmons repeated as an NAIA Division I men's basketball second-team All-American, and DSC classmate Reed Dungan made the third team. The teams were announced Thursday. Simmons averaged 17.8 points and 10.8 rebounds a game in 2017-18 and blocked 40 shots in 25 games, while Dungan averaged 17.7 points and shot 42.2 percent from 3-point range, making 78. He hit 139 of his 151 free throws (92.1 percent).
» Lee University senior Erin Walsh was named Thursday to the Gulf South Conference women's basketball all-academic team for the third year in a row. She already was an All-GSC first-team selection and a CoSIDA Academic All-American. Walsh led the Lady Flames in scoring this season and totaled 1,824 career points, sixth most in program history, and she has a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average.
Baseball
» Bryan College's David Scoggins was selected the Tennessee Sports Writers Association baseball player of the week after being similarly honored by the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Scott had six hits in eight official at-bats in last weekend's three AAC wins over St. Andrews. He had three home runs and two doubles in those six hits and batted in 12 runs and scored seven. The Lions (24-4, 10-0) now are ranked ninth in the NAIA and began their AAC series at Tennessee Wesleyan with a 3-2 win in 12 innings Thursday. Cody Young hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and Wade Weinburger singled in Damon Haskett with the go-ahead run in the 12th. Rodney Tennie was 3-for-5 and Weinburger and Fernando Garcia each had two hits for Bryan, and Stephen Chamblee pitched the first nine innings with five hits and one earned run allowed and 13 strikeouts, Brandon Marklund adding three hitless innings with seven strikeouts. Philip Sieli allowed four hits and one run with nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings and Collin Ridout was 2-for-5 for TWU (16-13, 6-4), which scored both of its runs in the first.
Golf
» Trion High School senior Noah Hankins signed a letter of intent this week to enroll in Georgia Northwestern Technical College and play golf for Bobcats coach Eddie Jackson, his personal instructor for years. "Noah is a young man that I've been working with since he was about 10 years old," Jackson said in a GNTC release. "Of all the young men I've signed in my two years as head coach, I think Noah is probably the most gifted and talented. I think the sky's the limit as far as his potential. He's got the entire game. He's a power hitter and he's got the short game." Hankins finished fifth as a freshman as Trion won the Class A Public School state tournament and helped the Bulldogs repeat the next year and finish in the top 10 again last season. "Noah is very talented. He has all of the shots, and he hits the ball a really long way," Trion coach Garret Brown said.
Softball
» Tennessee Wesleyan lost 8-0 and 9-3 in AAC softball Thursday at Reinhardt (15-17, 5-3). Briana Muller homered and Olivia Housewright and Baylee Sutton each was 3-for-4 in game two for TWU (8-10, 2-4). Allee West was 2-for-2 in the first game.
» Bryan lost 11-2 to Lindsey Wilson in the first game of their NAIA doubleheader Wednesday but then battled the 11th-ranked visitors before falling 13-11 as Sydney Olander and Heidi Smith each was 4-for-5, Olander with four runs scored and Smith with three plus two driven in. Also in game two, Courtney Bonaiuto was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run, Courtney Petty tripled and singled with three RBIs and two runs and Kimberly McKernie was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Hannah O'Shields had a two-run pinch-hit double. Smith was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Bryan (8-22) in the first game, and Lindsey Dunn was 1-for-2 with the other RBI.
» UTC softball fans are invited Saturday at 8:30 a.m. to hear coach Frank Reed at Wally's restaurant on McCallie Avenue. He will discuss the Mocs' progress so far and preview the weekend Southern Conference series with Mercer at Frost Stadium. Reservations are not necessary; patrons can order off the menu.
Swimming
» Luke Massey from McCallie/GPS Aquatics finished fifth in the 50 breaststroke at the National Club Swimming Association Junior Nationals last week in Orlando, Fla., and Jake Marcum was 10th in the 200 backstroke and set team records in that and the 100 back. Baylor Swim Club's four top-eight finishes were reported in Tuesday's sports section.
Field Hockey
» Sewanee freshman Abbie Wrather was among the 242 Division III Scholars of Distinction announced Thursday by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. The criteria include a minimum 3.90 cumulative GPA through the 2017 fall semester. Wrather was primarily a defender on a Tigers team that allowed 2.38 goals per game.