GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum pitcher Charles Hall and tennis standout Franziska Funke have been named the Bojangles Athletes of the Week. Funke earns this honor for a second time this season, while Hall garners his inaugural Bojangles accolade.
Hall pitched eight shutout innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts in Tusculum's 10-1 South Atlantic Conference win at Catawba last Friday.
The Dumfries, Virginia junior scattered three hits and four walks in a gutty 127-pitch performance as he worked out of a pair of testy jams in the third and fourth innings. In the third, he got out of a one-out bases loaded situation. In the fourth, the first two batters got aboard, but Hall bounced back to get out of trouble.
Hall retired seven in a row and a stretch of 13 of 14 to record his first win in a Tusculum uniform.
Funke, ranked 47th in the ITA Division II singles rankings, improved her season record to 10-0 in both singles and doubles with three victories last week. On Thursday, Funke rallied for a three-set win over Ivey Welborn of Anderson (3-6, 6-3, 6-3), then on Friday and Sunday she posted identical 6-0, 6-1 wins over Oriana Labaqui of Young Harris and Sophie Hirsh of Catawba.
In doubles, Funke and Katarina Majorova picked up an 8-5 win over Anderson's team of Welborn and Victoria Wuilloud, then beat Maria Puerta and Carol Quevedo of Young Harris 8-2. On Sunday, Funke and Majorova beat Hirsh and Isabel Benoit of Catawba 8-1.
The native of Bochum, Germany has a four-year singles record of 64-11 for the Pioneers and a doubles mark of 66-15. At her current lineup positions of number-two singles and number-two doubles, Funke has a 41-5 record in singles and 21-1 in doubles for the Pioneers.
The Tusculum College Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Bojangles, located at 3240 Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville. The Bojangles Athlete of the Week Award honors one male and one female athlete each week from an in-season sport.
2017-2018 Bojangles Athletes of the Week
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Week |
Male Athlete of the Week |
Female Athlete of the Week |
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Aug. 31-Sep. 3, 2017 |
Zac Branham (Cross Country) |
Alissa Furches (Cross Country) |
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Sep. 4-10, 2017 |
Maxwell Joseph (Football) |
Payton DeHart (Soccer) |
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Sep. 11-17, 2017 |
Matt Simon (Football) |
Sonja Ballmert (Soccer) |
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Sep. 18-24, 2017 |
Alex Ogle (Football) |
Shannon Murphy (Volleyball) |
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Sep. 25-Oct. 1, 2017 |
Anthony Bolden (Golf) |
Katie Tomassoni (Golf) |
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Oct. 2-8, 2017 |
Alex Ogle (Football) |
Kate Guildford (Soccer) |
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Oct. 9-15, 2017 |
Hunter Cantrell (Football) |
Franziska Funke (Tennis) |
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Oct. 16-22, 2017 |
Edgar Cervantes (Soccer) |
Cassie Born (Volleyball) |
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Oct. 23-29, 2017 |
David Whinery (Golf) |
Sabrina Schleuger (Volleyball) |
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Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2017 |
Jackson Beason (Cross Country) |
Jordan Newby (Soccer) |
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Nov. 6-12, 2017 |
Alex Ogle (Football) |
Lovely Locklear (Basketball) |
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Nov. 13-19, 2017 |
Peyton Woods (Basketball) |
Yolizma Cupidan (Basketball) |
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Nov. 20-26, 2017 |
Zach Hartle (Basketball) |
Kasey Johnson (Basketball) |
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Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2017 |
Zach Hartle (Basketball) |
Mia Long (Basketball) |
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Dec. 4-10, 2017 |
Peyton Woods (Basketball) |
Kasey Johnson (Basketball) |
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Dec. 11-17, 2017 |
Donovan Donaldson (Basketball) |
Sydney Wilson (Basketball) |
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Jan. 1-7, 2018 |
Donovan Donaldson (Basketball) |
Mia Long (Basketball) |
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Jan. 8-14, 2018 |
Widchard Guervil (Indoor Track) |
Kendrea Duke (Basketball) |
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Jan. 15-21, 2018 |
Widchard Guervil (Indoor Track) |
Sydney Wilson (Basketball) |
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Jan. 22-28, 2018 |
Zailan Peeler (Basketball) |
Nicole McMillen (Indoor Track) |
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Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2018 |
Widchard Guervil (Indoor Track) |
Sierra Haas (Lacrosse) |
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Feb. 5-11, 2018 |
Zack Finchum (Baseball) |
Sydney Wilson (Basketball) |
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Feb. 12-18, 2018 |
Chris Ryan (Lacrosse) |
Katarina Majorova (Tennis) |
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Feb. 19-25, 2018 |
Widchard Guervil (Indoor Track) |
Delaney Guerrero (Softball) |
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Feb. 26-Mar. 4, 2018 |
Daulton Martin (Baseball) |
Katie Tomassoni (Golf) |
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Mar. 5-11, 2018 |
Widchard Guervil (Indoor Track) |
Taylor Plemons (Softball) |
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Mar. 12-18, 2018 |
Charles Hall (Baseball) |
Franziska Funke (Tennis) |
