SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Georgia Southern Rifle student-athletes
Courtney Weekley and
Rosemary Kramer have swept the final Southern Conference Shooter of the Month awards of the 2017-18 campaign. Weekley took home the small bore award while Kramer earned the award in air rifle.
For the second time this season,
Courtney Weekley claimed the SoCon Smallbore Shooter of the Month award. The junior from Leesburg, Georgia, competed twice in February, posting scores of 569 and 568. On Feb. 3, Weekley posted a score of 569, placing first in a field of 29 competitors. On Feb. 17, Weekley fired a 568, which was good for second place overall. Weekley was also named small bore shooter of the month in November.
Competing twice in the month,
Rosemary Kramer posted scores of 586 and 587 against SoCon competition. On Feb. 3, Kramer fired a 586, which placed her second in a field of 28 competitors. The junior from Culloden, Georgia, would best that performance with a first-place 587 on Feb. 17. Entering the SoCon Rifle Championship last weekend, Kramer boasted the league's highest aggregate score of the season (1165). On Sunday Kramer was named the league's Air Rifle Athlete of the Year, earning the silver medal at the SoCon Championships in the discipline.
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