NEW ORLEANS — Following a sensational opening week in which she scored three goals, including a pair of thrilling game-winners, App State Soccer sophomore Ellie Garrison has been named the Sun Belt's Offensive Player of the Week.
Garrison has paced the Mountaineers to their first 2-0 start since 2016. She registered her second career brace in App State's season-opening win at Western Carolina, where she scored a penalty kick in the first half before netting a dramatic game-winner in the 89th minute to break a 2-2 deadlock.
On Sunday against Miami, after being dragged down in the box in the 79th minute, Garrison calmly converted a penalty kick to lift App State to a 1-0 victory.