Saluqis start new year with impressive wins
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Congratulations to our student-athletes on their winning accomplishments in the field and on the court!
Trotter becomes Southwest’s first soccer all-American
Sophomore middle defender Anna Trotter, who led the Lady Saluqis' soccer team to back-to-back TCCAA runners-up, was named honorable mention NJCAA All-American, becoming the conference's first such honoree in the sport of soccer.
Trotter, who was also selected first team All-TCCAA and TCCAA Most Valuable Player in a vote by the conference's coaches, scored five goals (including game-winning goal) and had one assist.
Lady Saluqi basketball team wins twice to begin 2020
The Southwest women's basketball team began the new year with wins over ASU Mid-South (72-61 on January 4) and Arkansas Baptist (76-75 on January 7) to improve its record to 9-5 on the season.
Sophomore Derinisha Taylor, who leads the team in scoring with an average of 14.8 points per game, scored 18 points in the win over ASU Mid-South as four players were in double-figures. Other top scorers in the game were freshman Taliyah Brown (16 points), and sophomores Jaelyn Royal (15 points) and Daisha Seltzer (12 points). Sophomore Jessica Neal added nine points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
Seltzer scored a season-high 25 points and also had nine rebounds and seven assists to lead the Lady Saluqis past Arkansas Baptist. Other top scorers were Taylor (15 points), Neal (double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds) and freshman Stephanie Gregory (11 points).
Griffith leads Saluqis past Missouri State-West Plains
Sophomore guard Clythus Griffith scored a season-high 31 points to lead the Southwest men's basketball team to a 84-75 win over the host school Missouri State-West Plains on Jan. 3 in the West Plains Classic. Griffith, who leads the team in scoring this season with an average of 15.8 points per game, made 11 of his 19 shots from the field and 9 of 10 free throws. Sophomore forward Anthony Whitmore added 14 points on 6 of 7 shooting and sophomore guards Justin Batts and Josh Kelly had nine points each.
Christian Jones records triple-double
Sophomore guard Christian Jones recorded a "triple-double" in the Saluqis' overtime loss to Arkansas Baptist on Jan. 4 in the West Plains Classic in West Plains, Missouri. Jones scored 15 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 10 assists in 42 minutes of action. On the season, Jones is the Saluqis' second leading scorer at 14.4 points per game and leads the team with 4.9 assists per game.
Derinisha Taylor
Derinisha Taylor
Anna Trotter
Clythus Griffith
Christian Jones
In This Issue...
- FROM THE PRESIDENT
- Southwest Foundation takes center stage at cityCURRENT Signature Breakfast
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Human Resources to kick-off redesign of employee experience in 2020
- MENTAL HEALTH CORNER: Charting a new path
- HIPs teaching methods a ‘game changer’ for student success
- Project M.O.S.T. hosts “De-Stress” fest during finals
- SGA Angel Tree Program brings holiday spirit to Alton Elementary students
- FACULTY: Schedule Library Instruction session for your students today
- STUDENTS: Print 2019 Tax Forms in My.Southwest portal
- AACC names Chef Steven Leake a 2020 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty recipient
- KUDOS: Memphis Grizzlies select VP of Student Affairs Jacqueline Faulkner for annual HBCU Empowerment Award
- US Secret Service trains Southwest SERT team on workplace security
- U.S. State Department selects Dr. Christopher Hastings specialist assignment
- THEC awards Southwest and TCAT-Memphis $145K Veteran Reconnect grant
- Writers series showcases works by Southwest faculty
- Students travel to state capitol to learn law-making process
- Early FAFSA completers win book scholarships
- Culinary arts graduate opens ‘Cool Beans’ coffee shop in Cordova
- Southwest and TCAT-Memphis tout growth and expansion at 2020 Legislative Luncheon
- Southwest establishes Innovation Funds to fuel success; Now accepting grant applications
- Scholarship recipients thank Foundation donors for making dreams come true
- Southwest celebrates the holidays with faculty and staff open house
- Women of Worth accepting new members
- Shelby County Government and Southwest Allied Health and Sciences drill nursing students on disaster triage
- Business and Technologies joins National Cyber Watch Center
- SALUQI CORNER: Saluqis start new year with impressive wins
- Southwest: In the News
- 32nd Annual Carter G. Woodson Award Ceremony is Feb. 13