Intramural Athlete of the Week: April 7-13

Intramural Female Athlete of the Week

Name: Sydney King

Club: Gamma Rho

Year: Junior

Hometown: Norman, OK

Major: Family Science

Sport: A Team Soccer

Stats: Thursday, April 11: In the A team soccer championship game against Iota Kappa Phi, King scored two goals as the women of Gamma Rho defeated Iota.

Q: Why did you want to play soccer intramurals?

A: “I played soccer my whole life until I graduated from high school, so getting to relive some of my favorite times of growing up is really cool. I also really like intramurals in general, so I play every sport that I can.”

Intramural Male Athlete of the Week

Name: Trenton McDaniel

Club: Freshmen Men

Year:Freshman

Hometown: Keller, TX

Major: Accounting

Sport: A Team Soccer

Stats: Monday, April 1: On Monday, the freshmen lost a close game to the men of Chi Lambda Phi. The game ended in penalty kicks. In the freshmen’s loss, McDaniel scored two goals and one penalty kick. Chi defeated the men of Psi Epsilon to win the soccer championship title on Thursday, April 11.

Q: What is your favorite memory from intramurals?

A: “The game against Chi. We struggled in previous games to find some sort of chemistry, but during this game, the entire team stepped up as a whole. It was so close we had to go to penalty kicks.”

Intramural Athletes of the Week are chosen weekly by the Talon’s Sports Editor, based on performances throughout each week’s intramural games. To nominate an athlete, please email Morgan Boling at m.boling@eagles.oc.edu.