STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern senior forward Blake Wilson has been named the Sun Belt Conference's co-Offensive Player of the Week, announced today by league officials.

Wilson tallied three goals in Georgia Southern's pair of wins on the week that helped the Eagles get back over .500 on the year with just one week left in the regular season. He started the week with a goal in a 2-1 win over Atlantic Sun Conference regular season champion Stetson on Tuesday, then added a pair of goals in a 4-2 Sun Belt win over Howard on Saturday.

The multi-goal match against Howard was the fourth multi-goal match of his career, and Wilson currently ranks among the Top 5 players in the Sun Belt in goals scored, shots taken, game-winning goals and points. 

"As in all individual awards, we are happy for Blake, but it comes from his teammates' efforts as well," Head Coach John Murphy said. "His all-around play has been quite good all season and the goals are starting to come off the back of these well-rounded efforts. He is certainly peaking at the most important part of the season for us."

This is the third Sun Belt weekly honor for Wilson in his career. The Tampa, Fla., native is the fourth Eagle to earn a weekly honor from the league this season, joining Javier Carbonell (Sept. 19), Gonzalo Talavera (Sept. 19) and Aldair Cortes (Oct. 3).

The Eagles wrap up the 2017 regular season on Saturday, November 4, visiting Appalachian State for a 7 p.m. Sun Belt Conference match in Boone, N.C.