Wednedsay's Daily News 'n Notes: Mercer Hall of Fame; Honor Roll, and just so much football
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Mercer inducts trio into hall
Two soccer players and a former pro pitcher were the latest inductees into the Mercer Athletic Hall of Fame.
Women’s soccer standout Olivia Tucker and men’s stalwart Ramiro Canovas joined pitcher Andrew Urena in the Class of 2018.
They were inducted on Friday and introduced during Saturday’s football game against ETSU.
Around Central Georgia
Mercer set for SoCon men’s soccer semifinal
Honor Roll
Mercer's Maddie Nunley is the Southern Conference's offensive player for October.
The sophomore from Murrietta, Cal. also had the weekly honor for mid-October. She helped Mercer to a 4-4 record for the month with 344 assists and five double-doubles.
Nunley leads the Bears (14-11, 7-7) with 825 assists and is third with 10.5 a game. ...
Sophomore Libby Bochniak leads the way for Georgia College's volleyball team with her first Peach Belt all-academic team selection with a 4.0 in biology. Sophomore Emily Pope, a nursing major, made it with a 3.56 GPA.
Seniors Kayla Brockway and Taylor Svehla are selected for the third time, Brockway with a 3.68 GPA in athletic training and Svehla a 3.58 in math. ...
Middle Georgia's soccer teams fared well with postseason awards in the Southern States Athletic Conference.
For the women: Ronja Andersson was named to the first-team all-conference at goal keeper after earning five defensive player of the week honors. Hannah Theriault of East Laurens was named to the second team and all-freshman team. Anna Hieronymus was also named to the second team and the all-academic team.
Miagh Downey was also named to the all-freshman. Manuela Bedoya earned all-academic honors.
For the men: Kyle Jordaan, John Crawley, and Erik Ulloa Villa all made the all-freshman team. Northside alum Justin Alonso and Alex Herrera each earned a spot on the conference all-academic team. Alonso also received the Musco Lighting Champions of Character Award. ...
Former Mary Persons quarterback Caleb Speir is the USA South offensive rookie of the week.
The sophomore passed for 355 yards and four touchdowns to lead LaGrange to a 48-38 win over Methodist. He was 26 of 32, turning in the program's second-highest efficiency rating of 209.4.
He has 948 yards and 12 touchdowns to only three interceptions this year. ...
Georgia College put three women's cross country runners on the all-Peach Belt team: Rachel Boulineau, Tessa Allen, and Sydney Brown.
The Bobcats finished fourth in the conference meet. ...
Collin and Brendan Silliman earned all-PBC honors in men's cross country after helping the Bobcats to a fourth-place finish. ...
Middle Georgia State's Ronja Anderson is the SSAC defensive player of the week for the fifth time this season.
Football updates
Georgia
Defense was tired of doubters vs. UK
Offense proves a point, and scores some
Fromm and Holloman starting to connect
Notebook: quiet on the social media front
First-year players making a name
Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern
QB Shai Werts is a finalist for the state of South Carolina's version of the Heisman, the Blanchard-Rogers Award, named after Doc Blanchard, the first player player from the state to win the Heisman Trophy (while playing at Army in the mid-1940s) and George Rogers, the 1980 Heisman winner. Valdosta State QB Rogan Wells is also on the list of 20 finalists.
Georgia State
Finding motivation after a loss
Falcons
Atlanta welcomes Irvin to the D