It takes a mammoth performance to win a national award in track & field, and that’s just what Ole Miss sophomore Raven Saunders provided last weekend in Nashville.
Saunders broke several of her own records with a world-leading shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational en route to USTFCCCA Women’s National Athlete of the Week and Southeastern Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week.
The Charleston, South Carolina, native is the first athlete in program history to earn a national weekly award. She’s also the first to garner three straight SEC Athlete of the Week honors.
With a personal-best shot put of 18.