NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Memphis senior quarterback Seth Henigan had an impressive game in the victory over UAB, earning this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Football Offensive Player of the Week.
Henigan threw for 299 yards and four touchdowns, completing 23-of-34 passes. The four touchdowns gave him 100 for his career and made him one of three active quarterbacks – joining Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Washington’s Will Rogers – to reach the century mark. Henigan is also the only active Football Bowl Subdivision quarterback to post four 20-plus touchdown pass seasons at the same school.
On the defensive side, Tennessee Tech junior defensive lineman Daniel Rickert added to his hardware for the week as he was also named the Stats FCS National Defensive Player of the Week and the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Football Association Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead the Golden Eagles to a 10-9 upset victory over No. 18 UT Martin -- Tech’s first win over a ranked opponent since the Spring 2021 campaign – and claim the Sergeant York Trophy outright for the first time since 2009.
The Nolensville, Tenn., native finished the game with nine total tackles – three solo and six assisted – while collecting 3.5 sacks for 18 yards and 4.0 tackles-for-loss for 21 yards. One of those sacks included a forced fumble, while he also broke up a pass and had three quarterback hurries.
VOLLEYBALL: Middle Tennessee libero Alivia Bronner posted one of the best weeks of her college career as she earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week honors in addition to this week’s TSWA nod. Bronner recorded 41 digs across the two matches, averaging 5.13 per set.
In the Blue Raiders’ sweep over New Mexico State, Bronner had 17 digs, averaging 5.67 per set. Then, in the second match, she hit a career-high with 24 digs. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native has recorded at least 17 digs in four of her last five matches and completed the regular season with 265 digs and 28 service aces.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Fisk sophomore point guard Doyel Cockrill III continues to get stronger through the start of the campaign as the Nashville native has surpassed his career high for the second time in as many weeks.
Following a 22-point game at Alabama A&M, Cockrill scored 21 in a win at Oakwood as he went 11-for-12 at the free-throw line. He surpassed his career best at Stillman College, collecting 37 points, including six 3-pointers and a 12-for-24 effort in the field.
For the week, he averaged 26.7 points, shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 80.0 percent at the line.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Tusculum sophomore Ni’Kiah Chesterfield took home the women’s weekly honor as she averaged 28.5 points and 7.5 rebounds to lead the Pioneers to wins over North Greenville and USC Aiken.
In the 92-75 victory against North Greenville, the Murfreesboro native recorded a game-high 23 points with eight rebounds and four blocked shots. In the 95-78 win over USC Aiken, Chesterfield scored a career-high 34 points as she hit her first 13 straight shots and finished the game 15-for-16 from the field. She also had seven rebounds.
Chesterfield became the first Tusculum player in nearly two years to score 30 points in a game and the 15-for-16 effort is the best in the Division II ranks this season and second all-time in Tusculum history.
2024-25 TSWA College Players of the Week
FOOTBALL
9/3 | Offensive: Diego Pavia (Vanderbilt); Defensive: Bryan Longwell (Vanderbilt)
9/10 | Offensive: Sam Phillips (Chattanooga); Defensive: Elijah Herring (Memphis)
9/17 | Offensive: Dylan Sampson (Tennessee); Defensive: Alex Mitchell (Chattanooga)
9/24 | Offensive: La’Vell Wright (Austin Peay); Defensive: Major Williams (Carson-Newman)
10/1 | Offensive: Chase Artopoeus (Chattanooga); Defensive: Theron Gaines (Tennessee Tech)
10/8 | Offensive: Jayden Sullins (Carson-Newman); Defensive: Bryan Longwell (Vanderbilt)
10/15 | Offensive: Dylan Sampson (Tennessee); Defensive: James Pearce Jr. (Tennessee)
10/22 | Offensive: Mario Anderson Jr. (Memphis); Defensive: Will Brooks (Tennessee)
10/29 | Offensive: Dawson White (Sewanee); Defensive: Chandler Martin (Memphis)
11/5 | Offensive: Dylan Sampson (Tennessee); Defensive: Cayman Spaulding (Tennessee Tech)
11/12 | Offensive: Bryson Rollins (Maryville); Defensive: Chandler Martin (Memphis)
11/19 | Offensive: Seth Henigan (Memphis); Defensive: Daniel Rickert (Tennessee Tech)
VOLLEYBALL
9/3 | Madolyn Isringhausen (Tennessee Tech)
9/10 | Blair Cherry (Carson-Newman)
9/17 | Jordan Karlen (Tennessee Tech)
9/24 | Reagan Jones (Fisk)
10/1 | Laure Jansen (Middle Tennessee)
10/7 | Jordan Karlen (Tennessee Tech)
10/15 | Madison Adkins (Tusculum)
10/22 | Elaine Redman (Chattanooga)
10/29 | Jordan Karlen (Tennessee Tech)
11/5 | Jordan Karlen (Tennessee Tech)
11/12| Madolyn Isringhausen (Tennessee Tech)
11/19 | Alivia Bronner (Middle Tennessee)
MEN’S SOCCER
8/27 | Alex Clayton (Belmont)
9/3 | A.J. Chastonay (Belmont)
9/10 | Robbie Lyons (Cumberland)
9/17 | A.J. Chastonay (Belmont)
9/24 | Adan Gonzalez (Trevecca)
10/1 | Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Lipscomb)
10/22 | Nate Mefford (Belmont)
10/29 | Ben Dukes (Carson-Newman)
11/5 | Chris Douglas (Trevecca)
11/12 | David Evans (Tusculum)
WOMEN’S SOCCER
8/27 | Ai Kitagawa (Memphis)
9/3 | Neve Renwick (Tennessee Tech)
9/10 | Gabby Jones (Cumberland)
9/17 | Kiara Pralle (Lipscomb)
9/24 | Abi Brighton (Vanderbilt)
10/1 | Ashlyn Richards (Sewanee)
10/7 | Leah Atkins (Sewanee)
10/15 | Sara Wojdelko (Vanderbilt)
10/22 | Addison Rishling (Tusculum)
MEN’S BASKETBALL
11/12 | Jacob Ognacevic (Lipscomb)
11/19 | Doyel Cockrill III (Fisk)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
11/12 | Jennifer Sullivan (Carson-Newman)
11/19 | Ni’Kiah Chesterfield (Tusculum)