Kentridge High graduates named players of the week at WWU

Published 1:30 pm Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Two Kentridge High School graduates and student-athletes at Western Washington University in Bellingham were named Great Northwest Athletic Conference players of the week.

Sophomore Stephanie Sewell was recognized as women’s golf player of the week for Oct. 24-30, and redshirt freshman Mae Thungc was honored the defensive volleyball player the week for the same week. Both graduated from Kentridge in 2015.

Sewell tied for 11th in the 31-player field at the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate at the Waikoloa Beach Resort King’s Course in Hawaii from Oct. 24-25, with a 54-hole score of 20 over par (236).

She finished the fall season with a team-low average score of 77.9 in five tournaments (10 rounds) and placed in the top 15 in each of the last four tournaments – including a tie for fifth place at the WWU Invitational.

The Vikings return to action to start up the spring season on Feb. 6-7, 2017, at the Point Loma Reach at the Riverwalk Golf Club in San Diego, Calif.

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Thungc helped anchor the Vikings defense in a pair of three-game sweeps against Western Oregon and Concordia in confernce play. Thungc averaged 5.5 digs per game (33 total digs) in the two matches.

For the season, the redshirt freshman ranks sixth in the conference averaging 4.71 digs per game. While at Kentridge, Thungc set a school record with 37 digs in one match against Kentlake High.

The Vikings (16-6 overall, 12-2 GNAC) have won 11 consecutive matches. WWU will complete the road portion of its regular-season schedule this week.