Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Jesus Garcia

Jesus Garcia

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/15/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • Bio
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lee University's Jesus Garcia was named the Gulf South Conference Men's Tennis Freshman of the Week on Wednesday. This is the first time he has earned this honor this season.

Garcia was 2-0 in singles action and was 2-0 in doubles this past week to help the Flames win matches over Hampton University and University of Findlay.

At No. 2 singles, he won 6-1, 6-0 against Hampton's Fernando Fernandes and 6-2, 6-1 over Findlay's Jorge Bamuevo. At No. 2 doubles, he teamed with Cristian Pons to win 6-1 against Hampton (Charles Hudson and Fernandes) and 7-6 against Findlay (Carlos Blanco and Nicholas Kopylec).

The Flames return to action Saturday morning against Bellarmine University. The non-conference match is scheduled for a 10 a.m. EDT start.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/13/2018 Michael McGuirk Men's Basketball
11/7/2018 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
11/7/2018 Silvia Sartori Volleyball
10/29/2018 Mia Hollingsworth Women's Soccer
10/29/2018 Jake Brown Men's Soccer
10/24/2018 Taylor Green Women's Soccer
10/17/2018 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
10/17/2018 Chloe Flora Women's Cross Country
9/25/2018 Daniel Hrenko Men's Soccer
9/25/2018 Silvia Sartori Volleyball
9/19/2018 Christian Noble Men's Cross Country
9/19/2018 Chloe Flora Women's Cross Country
9/11/2018 Aidan Moore Men's Soccer
9/11/2018 Mia Hollingsworth Women's Soccer
9/6/2018 MaKayla Beebe Volleyball
8/8/2018 Anna Lanter Women's Soccer
8/8/2018 Samir Williams Men's Soccer
6/4/2018 Summer Lanter Women's Soccer
5/29/2018 Josiah Brooks Men's Track and Field
5/29/2018 Audrey Smith Women's Track and Field
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