Trio of Ram Athletes Honored

HATTIESBURG, Miss—The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference released the GCAC Player of the Week Awards for the week ending Nov. 2 and the University of Mobile once again had three athletes honored.

Thomas Wharf and Ruben Diaz were honored in men’s soccer and Whitney Knight picked up an honor for the UM volleyball team.

Wharf was named Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, while Diaz was named Offensive Player of the Week for their efforts in demolishing Berry College 6-1 to close out the regular season.

Wharf helped anchor a defense that allowed only 8 shots to Berry, and then he found time to score a goal and add an assist on the game-winner. Diaz, meanwhile, helped put the game away with a pair of goals and an assist in the 2nd half of the game.

Knight was named Volleyball Player of the Week for the 5th-straight week and 7th time overall in the GCAC. She paced the Lady Rams’ offense in a pair of 3-0 GCAC victories on the week at Spring Hill and Belhaven.

The junior put up a double-double of 10 kills and 12 digs against Spring Hill and then led the way with 18 kills against Belhaven, while hitting .543 on the week.