Adjehi Baru, Sarah Graif Earn CofC Student-Athlete Of The Week Honors

CHARLESTON, SC - Sophomore men’s basketball player Adjehi Baru (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) and sophomore swimmer Sarah Graif (Phoenix, Ariz.) earned College of Charleston Student-Athlete of the Week honors sponsored by Piggly Wiggly for the week of Jan. 14.

Adjehi Baru and Sarah Graif

Baru earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors after leading the CofC Cougars to a 2-1 week with wins over Chattanooga and The Citadel. Baru recorded double-doubles in all three games for a team-leading 15.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game last week. Baru now has five double-doubles this season and leads the SoCon in rebounding with an average of 9.2 per game.

Graif helped lead the Cougar swimming & diving teams to a dual meet victory over Campbell and Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) this weekend. She won the 50-meter freestyle race with a time of 26.63 seconds, and also won the 100 free in 58.72 seconds. Graif swam the anchor leg of the first-place 200-meter medley relay team that combined for a time of 2:02.35, and also swam anchor to the 400 freestyle relay (4:00.81) which also took first place.

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)
Jan. 7 – Jake Reynolds (sailing) and Jillian Brown (women’s basketball)
Jan. 14 – Adjehi Baru (men’s basketball) and Sarah Graif (women’s swimming)