Hall, Dorton Earn CofC Student-Athlete Of The Week Honors

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Redshirt junior men’s basketball player Willis Hall (Charlotte, N.C.) and redshirt junior volleyball player Darcy Dorton (Muncie, Ind.) earned College of Charleston Student-Athlete of the Week honors sponsored by Piggly Wiggly for the week of Dec. 3.

Hall led College of Charleston to a 2-0 week with wins at Charleston Southern and Elon. He registered his third career double-double with a game- and season-high 19 points and 12 rebounds at Elon in the team’s lea¬gue opener on Dec. 1. It also marked his fifth career double-figure rebounding game. He averaged a team-leading 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in the two road wins.

Dorton tallied a career-high 27 kills in CofC’s NCAA Tournament first round win over No. 23 Miami, the program’s first victory over a ranked opponent and only the second NCAA Tournament win in program history. Dorton’s 27 kills also set a new school record for a single NCAA Tournament match. Dorton finished her season with 529 kills, ranking sixth all-time in CofC history.

2012-13 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK SPONSORED BY PIGGLY WIGGLY
Sept. 3 – Kees Heemskerk (men’s soccer) and Sloane White (volleyball)
Sept. 10 – Mackenzie Johnston (men’s cross country) and Vanessa Koechli (women’s golf)
Sept. 24 – Juan Maegli (sailing) and Michaela Herrmann (women’s soccer)
Oct. 1 – Luke Huggett (men’s soccer) and Eliza Hay (equestrian)
Oct. 8 – Sean de Silva (men’s soccer) and Darcy Dorton (volleyball)
Oct. 15 – Juan Maegli (sailing) and Katharina Boehm (women’s golf)
Oct. 22 – Sean de Silva (men’s soccer) and Sarah Boyle (women’s swimming)
Nov. 5 – Juan Maegli (sailing) and Emily Shelton (volleyball)
Nov. 12 – Jake Reynolds (sailing) and Latisha Harris (women’s basketball)
Nov. 19 – Dave Sherrier (men’s swimming) and Zoe Merritt (equestrian)
Nov. 26 – Willis Hall (men’s basketball) and Cathryn Hardy (women’s basketball)
Dec. 3 – Willis Hall (men’s basketball) and Darcy Dorton (volleyball)