Devries, Duke named Zaxby's Athetes of the Week

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University track & field athlete Guillaume Devries and basketball center Kendrea Duke have been named the Zaxby's Athletes of the Week.  Devries earns his second Athlete of the Week honor this year.

Devries (Valenciennes, France) won the high jump at the Liberty Kickoff Invitational with a mark of 2.10 meters (6 feet, 10 3/4 inches). He entered at a height of 1.95 meters which he cleared on his first attempt. After making 2.00 meters on his second try, Devries was successful on his first attempt at 2.05 meters. Devries then cleared the bar at 2.10 meters on his second attempt, which would stand as the winning jump after Isaiah Kyle of Wingate needed three attempts to make the height. The victory was his second in three meets this season.

Duke (Hendersonville, Tenn.) averaged 14 points and six rebounds per game as the Pioneers went 2-1 during the week.  TU knocked off No. 25 Newberry 75-54 to start the week where Duke tallied 10 points, three rebounds and two assists while shooting 4-of-5 from the free throw line.  She followed with 16 points going 6-of-11 from the field and 4-of-5 at the line in TU's heart-breaking 76-75 loss at Lincoln Memorial.  She would close out the week with a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds in the Pioneers' 72-64 overtime victory over Catawba.  On the week she shot a sizzling 18-of-22 from the free throw line.

The Tusculum University Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Zaxby's, located at 3280 Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville.  The Zaxby's Athlete of the Week Award honors one male and one female athlete each week from an in-season sport.

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