NASHVILLE – Chattanooga’s Camden Orth and Carson-Newman’s Cruz Temple were named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, on Tuesday, as announced by the organization.
Orth engineered the second-largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history, helping erase a 38-21 deficit with three touchdown passes in the final 10-plus minutes in a 42-38 victory over East Tennessee State. He completed 20-of-32 passes for 343 yards and four touchdowns in the game with eight completions of 20-plus yards.
He tossed scoring passes of 22, 20 and four yards, the final one with 11 seconds to play. The Mocs took over at their own 33-yard line with 1:55 left in regulation and one timeout, with Orth completing 6-of-8 passes for 40 yards, spiking the ball for both incompletions on the drive. He also ran for 22 yards on the game-winning drive and accounted for 374 yards of total offense in the contest.
Temple posted nine total tackles, five solo, with 1.0 tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries in a 28-6 win against Anderson University. The Eagles tallied 15 QB hurries in the game, the most in a contest in the last 15 years, and limited Anderson to 270 yards of total offense. The Trojans entered the contest averaging almost 400 yards and nearly 30 points per game this season.
MEN’S SOCCER: Union University’s Christian Harjanne tallied three goals in just over a half to garner Player of the Week accolades. In a 5-2 victory over Spring Hill College, he scored in the 14th minute on an assist from Ostian Bowen, again in the 16th minute from Bowen and Marc Badibanga and recorded the hat trick with a goal in the 52nd minute, again from Bowen. Harjanne has posted four goal in 10 matches this season.
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Vanderbilt’s Sydney Watts recorded two goals and one assist in two SEC victories for the Commodores to earn Player of the Week honors. She scored in the 35th minute, her 10th of the season, at Mississippi State, then turned provider just three minutes later, assisting Vivian Akyirem’s goal to help Vanderbilt build a 4-0 first-half lead. Against fourth-ranked Tennessee, Watts sealed the match with a breakaway goal in the 82nd to secure to Commodores’ first-ever Top 5 win. She finished the week with seven points, giving her at 24 for the year, a career-best.
VOLLEYBALL: Middle Tennessee’s Caroline Macander posted 97 assists, 28 digs, eight kills and five blocks in two matches for the Blue Raiders to garner Player of the Week recognition. She recorded 53 assists with 16 digs and three blocks in the first of two matches versus Liberty. Macander followed that with 44 assists, 12 digs and two blocks in the second match against the Flames. It marked her 14th and 15th career double-doubles. She averaged 9.70 assists and 2.80 digs per set in the two matches and ranks sixth in the conference in digs this season.
2025 TSWA FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Colton Hood, Tennessee (Defense)
Sept. 9 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Theron Gaines, Tennessee Tech (Defense)
Sept. 16 | Bryson Rollins, Maryville College (Offense); CJ Heard, Vanderbilt (Defense)
Sept. 23 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Cannon Johnson, Cumberland (Defense)
Sept. 30 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Arion Carter, Tennessee (Defense)
Oct. 7 | Kekeo Visperas, Tennessee Tech (Offense); Kamari Todd, Chattanooga (Defense)
Oct. 14 | DeSean Bishop, Tennessee (Offense); Jacquese Abner, Maryville College (Defense)
Oct. 21 | Camden Orth, Chattanooga (Offense); Cruz Temple, Carson-Newman (Defense)
2025 TSWA MEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 | Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Alpha Bah, Sewanee
Sept. 16 | Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 23 | Stokes McConnell, Sewanee
Sept. 30 | Mitchell Honcoop, Carson-Newman
Oct. 7 | Stokes McConnell, Sewanee
Oct. 14 | Gavin Roux, King University
Oct. 21 | Christian Harjanne, Union University
2025 TSWA WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 | Susie Whitsett, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Sara Wojdelko, Vanderbilt
Sept. 16 | Molly Buciewicz, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kylene Monaghan, Sewanee
Sept. 30 | Anabelle Procter, Maryville College
Oct. 7 | Sydney Watts, Vanderbilt
Oct. 14 | Ai Kitagawa, Memphis
Oct. 21 | Sydney Watts, Vanderbilt
2025 TSWA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 | Caroline Macander, Middle Tennessee
Sept. 9 | Kylie Wilhelmi, Maryville College
Sept. 16 | Emerson Ahsmuhs, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kamryn Chaney, Vanderbilt
Sept. 30 | Raegan Durbin, Middle Tennessee
Oct. 7 | Addison Cunnagin, Trevecca Nazarene
Oct. 14 | Raegan Durbin, Middle Tennessee
Oct. 21 | Caroline Macander, Middle Tennessee
