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Podojil earns SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors

Anna Podojil took over the Arkansas team lead for goals after a three-goal week for the Razorbacks.

Three goals in two games will do it, especially when one one of those games came against a Top-15 team in the country.

Arkansas senior forward Anna Podojil earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors, the league announced Monday, after her three-goal, one-assist outburst for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas had a 3-3 draw in Provo, Utah, against No. 13 Brigham Young on Thursday then zipped down to Phoenix on Sunday and beat Grand Canyon, 3-0. Podojil had the helper and one goal against the Cougars, then scored two of the Hogs’ three against GCU.

In doing so, Podojil took the team lead in goals with four on the season. She also has two assists, giving her 10 points, one behind team leader Ava Tankersley (2 goals, 7 assists).

Arkansas continues its stretch away from home when it opens SEC play on Friday at Mississippi State. The Hogs return to Fayetteville on Thursday, September 22 to host Auburn.

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These two Gators earned SEC honors for their Week 1 performances

Two Gators made big waves in the conference in their team’s season opener.

Florida football scored an epic win to open the 2022 season in the Swamp, outlasting their top-10 opponent, the Utah Utes, for an upset victory that hopefully sets the tone for the team in head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag]’s first year at the helm.

It took a total team effort to score that victory, from the coaching staff all the way down to everyone else who contributed to the outcome on the field. Among the gridiron warriors who went to battle for the glory of the Orange and Blue Saturday night, two particular players stood out from their Southeastern Conference peers.

Quarterback [autotag]Anthony Richardson[/autotag] put up Heisman Trophy-worth stats against the Utes to earn the SEC Offensive Player of the Week honor, looking solid with his arm while setting a career-high in rushing touchdowns with his three scampers. Only five other Florida play-callers have achieved that accomplishment, a list that also includes [autotag]Emory Jones[/autotag], [autotag]Jeff Driskel[/autotag], [autotag]Jesse Palmer[/autotag] and [autotag]Tim Tebow[/autotag]. Of course, Tebow did it twice.

On the other side of the ball is defensive lineman [autotag]Brenton Cox Jr[/autotag]., who roped in his first SEC weekly honor โ€” Co-Defensive Lineman โ€” thanks to a career-best 10 tackles against Utah. The former Georgia Bulldog was expected to anchor the D-line for Florida this season and did not disappoint against the opening opponent, ending up just one of eight conference players to record double-digit tackles in Week 1.

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Two Arkansas defenders earn SEC Player of the Week honors

Linebacker Bumper Pool and defensive Jordan Domineck had games to remember in Arkansas’ opener.

Bumper Pool picked up Saturday right where he left off last season. Jordan Domineck’s first game at Arkansas was a boon, too.

Each of their efforts were enough to earn them SEC Player of the Week honors from the league after Week 1.

Pool, who led the SEC in tackles last year and was tied for 10th in FBS, had 13 stops, including one for-loss in Arkansas’ 31-24 win over Cincinnati on Saturday. It was his 18th career double-digit-tackle game in 27 starts.

Domineck, a transfer from Georgia Tech, didn’t start for the Razorbacks. But in a sign of the Hogs’ new depth up front, he played plenty of snaps. None were bigger than his strip-sack of quarterback Ben Bryant that he recovered on the 37. Arkansas scored two plays later for a two-touchdown lead.

Arkansas hosts South Carolina on Saturday at 11 a.m. to open SEC play.

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McEwen and Haff take home SEC weekly honors

The SEC loves the Razorbacks! Just one day after baseball took home two SEC weekly honors, softball joins by adding two more.

One day after Braydon Webb and Brady Tygart were named SEC Player and Freshman of the Week respectively, two softball players were also awarded by the league for their stellar weeks.

[autotag]Hannah McEwen[/autotag] has earned SEC Player of the Week, and [autotag]Mary Haff[/autotag] takes home SEC Pitcher of the week honors following Arkansas’ 4-0 week, which included a clinch of the SEC regular-season title.

Here is what the SEC said about each player:

Arkansas’ Hannah McEwen, a redshirt senior outfielder from San Diego, Calif., batted .692 over four games this past week as the Razorbacks clinched at least a share of the SEC regular-season title. McEwen recorded nine hits, including a pair of triples, three runs scored and nine RBI. She also posted a 1.000 slugging percentage, a 1.000 fielding percentage in left field and a .714 on-base percentage.

Arkansas’ Mary Haff, a redshirt senior right-hander from Winter Haven, Fla., went 3-0 in the circle and allowed two earned runs in 13.0 innings of work. Haff retired the first 12 batters she faced in game two against South Carolina, and then combined with Chenise Delce for the five-inning shutout in game three. To start the week, she retired all nine batters she faced, including four strikeouts, to pick up the win against Central Arkansas. On the week, Haff held her opponents to a .152 batting average.

The No. 4 Razorbacks travel to Bryan-College Station, Texas this weekend to close out the regular season by taking on Texas A&M. Game one of the three-game series begins at 6 p.m. CDT.

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Sonny DiChiara, Joseph Gonzalez win SEC Players of the Week

Auburn baseball’s Sonny DiChiara and Sonny Gonzalez both took home weekly honors from the SEC.

Fresh off a series victory over Vanderbilt, first baseman [autotag]Sonny DiChiara[/autotag] and pitcher [autotag]Jospeh Gonzalez[/autotag] won weekly SEC awards. DiChiara was named Co-Player of the Week and Gonzalez was named Co-Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

It is the first time in program history Auburn has had two players win an award in the same week. Gonzalez is Auburn’s first Pitcher of the Week this season and DiChiara is Auburn’s first Player of the Week since 2018.

DiChiara hit .412 over the weekend with three home runs, eight RBI, and hit safely in all four games last week. He led the league with 18 total bases.

Through eight weeks this season, the Hoover, Alabama, native leads the country in average (.452), on-base percentage (.595), and slugging percentage (.946) and leads the Tigers in doubles (13), homers (11), and RBI (32).

Gonzalez had Auburn’s first complete game on Sunday to lead Auburn to an 8-2 win over Vanderbilt and clinch the series. He is the first Tiger to throw a complete game since Casey Mize in 2018. He tied his career high with eight strikeouts and did not allow a walk.

In seven appearances and six starts, Gonzalez leads Auburn with a 4-0 record and 1.95 ERA. He’s 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA in a pair of SEC starts.

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LSU baseball’s Cade Doughty named SEC Player of the Week

Doughty had eight hits, two home runs and 12 RBI in the Tigers’ opening weekend sweep of Maine.

Cade Doughty: the third-baseman, the second-baseman, the clean-up hitter, the bringer of dingers.

Call him whatever you like, but the SEC calls him the Player of the Week for his opening weekend performance against the Maine Black Bears. The honor marked the second time Doughty has earned SEC Player of the Week recognition during his career. He was also named the leagueโ€™s top player on March 15, 2021, after leading LSU to a three-game sweep of Texas-San Antonio.

The redshirt sophomore will play a pivotal role in determining just how good this LSU team can be moving forward in the season. Here’s what the SEC said about him in its release.

LSU’s Cade Doughty led the SEC during the opening weekend with 12 RBI and 17 total bases, and he tied for the league lead with eight total hits and a pair of home runs. Doughty hit .571 during the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Maine, and his on-base percentage was .563. He was 3-for-6 in Game 2 of the series on Saturday with a double, five RBI and a first-inning, three-run homer that highlighted a four-run first inning. Doughty again collected five RBI in Sunday’s Game 3 victory with another three-run homer, a double and a sacrifice fly. He also doubled and drove in two runs in LSU’s Game 1 win on Friday night.

LSU swept the Black Bears this weekend while setting a program record for runs scored in the first three games, and the Tigers will hope for a similar performance for the team heading into a road matchup against Louisiana Tech on Wednesday night.

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Walker Kessler named Co-SEC Player of the Week

This was a no doubter.

Following two dominant games against Arkansas and Texas A&M, Walker Kessler has been named the Co-SEC Player of the Week.

Kessler averaged 14 points, 15 rebounds, and 9.5 blocks in the two games. He recorded his second triple-double of the season against Texas A&M, when he finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 blocks.

He became the only player in NCAA Division I with multiple triple-doubles this season and the fifth player in SEC history to record multiple triple-doubles (2) next to Shaquille Oโ€™Neal (6) of LSU, Nick Calathes (2) of Florida, Roy Rogers (2) of Alabama and Jarvis Varnado (2) of Mississippi State.

Kessler is averaging 11.6 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 4.6 blocks per contest and leads the nation in shots blocked per game. His 4.6 blocks per game are more than nine SEC teams are averaging on the season.

He shared the weekly award with Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe.

No. 2 Auburn (23-2, 11-1) will return to action on Wednesday at 8 p.m. CT against the Vanderbilt Commodores in Auburn Arena.

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Auburn basketball’s Walker Kessler named SEC Player of the Week

Walker Kessler picked up SEC Player of the Week honors!

Auburn basketball made history last week.

Center Walker Kessler recorded only the second triple-double in program history last Wednesday, scoring 16 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and blocking 11 shots in a 70-55 win over LSU. The 7-foot-1 transfer from North Carolina also knocked down his fourth triple of the season during the game.

The SEC acknowledged his achievement by naming him SEC Player of the Week. He was also named the ESPN Power Rankings Player of the Week.ย Kessler is the only NCAA Division I player in the last 25 years to have a triple-double against a 10-0 or better team, according to STATS.

No. 9 Auburn (12-1) faces off against South Carolina (9-3) this Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. CST.

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Tyrion Davis-Price named SEC offensive player of the Week

Ty Davis-Price earned SEC honors after breaking Leonard Fournette’s single-game rushing record.

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LSU earned an honor from the SEC following their 49-42 win over Florida.

Tyrion Davis-Price, LSU’s starting running back, earned Co-Offensive SEC Player of the Week honors after breaking Leonard Fournette’s single-game rushing record. Davis-Price finished the day with 287 yards rushing and three rushing touchdowns. The previous record was 285 rushing yards for Fournette against Ole Miss back in 2015.

Ty Davis-Price now has 575 yards rushing on the season, which is fifth in the SEC (he sits behind Brian Robinson Jr., Isaiah Spiller, Tyler Badie, and Chris Rodriguez Jr.). David-Price only had 288 rushing yards heading into this game against Florida, and had it not been for his performance against Kentucky the week prior (147 rushing yards, two touchdowns vs the Wildcats), he would have been sitting at 28.2 rushing yards per game heading into Florida.

LSU’s running game is going to need to get their run game going to finish out the year if they want a shot at bowl eligibility.

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Bo Nix and Jarquez Hunter named SEC Players of the Week

Auburn’s duo in the backfield played lights out on Saturday.

Auburn’s performance was acknowledged by the SEC through the form of two weekly awards.

Bo Nix earned Co-Offensive Player of the Week, per the SEC’s release.

  • Threw for 255 yards and one touchdown while rushing for a game-high 74 yards and one touchdown while leading Auburn to its first win at LSU since 1999
  • Led Auburn to a 13-point come-from-behind SEC road win for the first time since Tigers beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2010 (down 24)
  • Down nine, directed Auburn to fourth quarter TD drives of 75 and 92 yards for the win
  • His 74 yards rushing were a season-high and second most of his career.

(All statistics are from the SEC’s press release)

In the absence of Tank Bigsby, Jarquez Hunter stepped up in a big way for the Tigers. Hunter earned SEC Co-Freshman of the Week.

  • Rushed for 65 yards on six carries and one touchdown in Auburn’s come-from-behind win at LSU, its first in Tiger Stadium since 1999
  • 53 of his 65 yards came on Auburn’s game winning touchdown drive that included a 44-yard run and was capped by a 1-yard touchdown run with 3:11 remaining.
  • Averaging 10.6 yards per carry, tops in FBS this season

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