This Week's Signings

          Kennedi Moore is the latest Houston County volleyball player to sign up for the next level.

          Moore signed Tuesday with Tennessee State. The Tigers of the Ohio Valley Conference finished 9-19 last year. ...

          Howard track standout Jordan Rozier will sign Wednesday morning with Kennesaw State.

          The to-be-honors graduate has a hefty regional and state resume. ...

          FVSU has added a pair of women's basketball players, one from right down the road.

          Warner Robins grad Victoria Brown joins Jada Neal as transfers for 2019-20.

          Brown comes from Central Georgia Tech after averaging 10.7 points, 3.5 assists, and 3.8 rebounds, and is a 3-point threat. Neal, from East Georgia State, is a 6-0 forward who got 9.5 rebounds a game last season.

Honor Roll

          Former Houston County standout Tanner Hall is the Southern Conference baseball pitcher of the week.

          The Mercer junior went eight innings with eight strikeouts in a 6-2 win over Western Carolina, giving up just six hits in the longest start by a Mercer pitcher this season.

          He had a 1.37 ERA in SoCon play, a .179 batting average against, and 18 strikeouts in 23 innings. ...

          Cam Hill is at it again.

          The Georgia College outfielder is the Peach Belt freshman of the week for the fifth time this season and fourth straight week.

          He went 7 for 15 (.467) with a trifecta of multi-hit games, led by a 3-for-5 game against Flagler and 2-for-3 against Clark Atlanta. ...

          Bailey Pattison is the Southern Conference softball pitcher of the week.

          She hurled a complete-game three-hitter to beat Chattanooga, her eighth complete game of the season and second straight.

          The Mercer freshman leads the conference with a 3.56 ERA, and is 3-0 in the conference.

 

Last Week's Signings

          A pair of Stratford athletes signed last week.

          Christian Palmer is headed for Georgia Southwestern for basketball and McKinley Thompson to Georgia Tech for track. ...

          Houston County's Antonio Doster has signed with Southeastern University for track. ...

          A pair of central Georgia Tech women's basketball players have decided on their next step.

          Former Warner Robins standout Victoria Brown isn't heading far away, having signed with Fort Valley State.

          And Fredricka Sheats is headed to Emporia State, a Division II program in Kansas.

          Coming up: Perry will have spring signing ceremony on Wednesday in the theater, for football, baseball, soccer, softball, and basketball.

 

Last week's Honor Roll

          Rutland alum Carol Pyon is the Southern Conference women's golfer of the week.

          The Mercer freshman won the Brickyard, shortened by rain, on Tuesday with a 36-hole 138, topping some top-100 golfers.

          Pyon and Mercer are up next in the conference tournament next week in Hilton Head. S.C. ...

          GMC grad Dixie Raley is the latest Central Georgian to take weekly honors.

          The senior at South Carolina is the SEC softball pitcher of the week, become the first such Gamecock honoree since 2017.

          Raley (10-2) was 2-0 on the week with both wins coming over No. 4 Alabama, helping USC to its first series victory over the Crimson Tide since 2009.

          She threw 12 innings Saturday and Sunday, allowing just one run against one of the top offenses in the nation. ...

          Georgia College won the Peach Belt Conference women's basketball sportsmanship award for 2018-19. This is the Bobcats' second win, the first coming in 2013-14. Overall, Georgia College teams have won 15 sportsmanship awards, tied for third  in the PBC. ...

          Eight Mercer football players have made the Nation Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's Hampshire SOciety, for those who maintained a 3.2 GPA or more throughout their careers.

          Honored Bears: LeMarkus Bailey, Bradley Earnest, Cole Fisher, Brandon Gurley, David May, Tee Mitchell, Matt Shiel and Austin Wysor. ...

          A pair of Central Georgia Tech basketball players have some All-America honors to add to their resume.

          Fredricka Sheats was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association's women's second-team, while Anyeuri Castillo was an honorable mention pick for the men.

          Alyssa Nieves of South Georgia Tech and Savanna Walker from East Georgia State were HM picks for the women, Andrew's Jalin Wimberly for the men made third team. ...

          Former John Milledge standout Harrison Bryant is the Florida Atlantic male student-athlete of the year.

          The rising senior tight end was second on the team last year with 45 catches for 662 yards and four touchdowns. He led C-USA tight ends in yards and was 13th among all receivers in yards per game.

          The first-team all-conference pick also made the conference all-academic football team.

          The health administration major has a 3.688 GPA. ...

          Houston County grad Tony Locey is the SEC co-pitcher of the week, joining Alabama's Sam Finnerty.

          The 6-3, 235-pounder combined on a one-hitter in a 3-1 series-clinching victory over No. 5 Vanderbilt on Sunday, matching a seven innings pitched in shutting down one of the nation's top offenses, giving up only a fifth-inning double.

          Locey fanned five and held the Vandy to a .045 batting average in improving to 5-0 with a 2.18 ERA.

          Locey has been a part of two combined one-hitters this season for the Bulldogs, pitching seven innings in both.

          Locey is eighth nationally in fewest hits allowed per nine innings at 4.17. ...

          Mercer senior infielder Megan Lane is the Southern Conference softball player of the week, for the second time in her career.

          She hit .462 (6-for-13) with six RBI, four runs and two homers as part of Mercer's 4-0 week.

          She got at least one hit in all four games, including three on Sunday along with two homers against ETSU, improving to .325.

          Georgia College's Cam Hill is the Peach Belt baseball freshman of the week for an unprecedented fourth time.

          Hill went 5-for-11 (.455) with six runs and an RBI to go with an on-base percentage of .600. He went 4-for-6 with four runs in Saturday's doubleheader opener against Lander.

          It's the first time anybody in conference history of the award - back to 2009 - has earned four freshman of the week honors. ...

          Georgia College's Darby Pinkard is the Peach Belt softball player of the week.

          She went 5-for-9 (.556) in four games with five runs and three RBI and two steals, with a .636 on-base percentage. She had multi-hit games against Emmanuel and Lander. ...

          Zach Cornell of Middle Georgia State earned his third SSAC baseball player of the week awrd.

          He batted .667 and slugged 1.389, with 12 hits, 10 runs, four homers, and 12 RBI in five games. Against Faulkner, he went 9-for-13 with eight RBI, seven runs, and three homers.

          She had four double-doubles, a season-high seven assists against Furman, all helping the Bears to their fourth straight regular-season title. ...

          R.J. Yeager, to the surprise of few, is the first Southern Conference baseball player of the month this season.

          Mercer went 8-1 in February, thanks in part to Yeager batting .350 with six homers, 12 runs, and 14 RBI. He had a hit in all nine games. ...

          CGTC's Anyeuri Castillo is the GCAA's Division I men's basketball defensive player of the year as well as first-team all-conference overall and defense.

          The 6-7 sophomore forward is averaging 14.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.6 blocks, and 1.2 steals through 28 games. He was a second-team and all-freshman pick last year.

          He has signed with Appalachian State.

          DeJon Waters Jr. made the second team after scoring 14.1 points a game to go with 7 rebounds and 3.3 assists. ...

          Washington County alum Nia Johnson made the All-Gulf South Conference women's basketball second team. The Delta State junior is in the top 10 in the GSC with a 14.7 scoring average and averaged 3.1 rebounds and 2.71 assists a game.