ODAC Athletes of the Week | Basketball, Swimming

ODAC Athletes of the Week | Basketball, Swimming

FOREST, Va. --- Swimming returned to action to join basketball for the first release of Week 14. Student-athletes may be juggling finals as they approach on their personal schedules, but you would not know it from afar with their productivity remaining high in their respective athletic arenas. Those earning ODAC Athlete of the Week awards for Monday, December 6, including (pictured from left): Jaylen Williams from Shenandoah men's basketball, Kayla Cabiness from Ferrum women's basketball, Parker Hayungs from Lynchburg men's swimming, and Lacey Kramer from Randolph-Macon women's swimming.

Below are entries for each of the winners from today's release. Most weeks this winter, the following schedule will be used for awards reporting:

  • Mondays: basketball, swimming
  • Tuesdays: indoor track & field (once the season begins)

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MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jaylen Williams | Shenandoah | Jr. | Guard
Williams, a junior from Triangle, Va., helped Shenandoah kick off the ODAC season at 1-1 by averaging 34.5 points and shooting 68.3-percent from the field over the two outings. Williams set a new career-high with 40 points despite an 86-72 setback at Eastern Mennonite in their respective ODAC openers. He was 18-of-22 from the field with a trio of three-point field goals made. The 40 points are tied for 18th-most in Division III this season, while the 18 field goals made are tied for fifth-most this year. He added six rebounds, four assists, and a steal to his stat line. Williams put in a second 36-minute shift on the weekend in an 81-71 win over Ferrum. He scored 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field and 7-of-8 from the line. He added six rebounds and six assists with two steals. For the season, Williams leads the ODAC in scoring (22.9/g) and is third in total points (160) and defensive rebounds (48). He is averaging 7.9 rebounds per game.

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MEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Parker Hayungs | Lynchburg | Jr. | Butterfly
Hayungs, a junior from Fredericksburg, Va., helped lead Lynchburg to a third place team showing at the TYR Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Randolph-Macon College. Hayungs competed seven times with three individual top-10 showings. He won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:57.45. That ranks third in the ODAC this season. He added a second place finish in the 100-yard fly in 0:52.92, which slots seventh in the conference. He then posted the ODAC's 10th-best time in the 500-yard freestyle by finishing ninth in 4:58.29. Hayungs competed on four relay squads. Lynchburg's 400-yard and 200-yard medley teams finished third each with times of 3:36.60 and 1:37.27, respectively. Hayungs and teammates finished fourth in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 7:18.50 and eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:18.86.

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WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Lacey Kramer | Randolph-Macon | Sr. | Backstroke
Kramer, a senior from Mechanicsville, Va., helped lead Randolph-Macon to a second place team finish at the TYR Yellow Jacket Invitational. Kramer competed seven times overall with three individual top-five finishes. She stopped the watches first in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstrokes, posting times of 0:59.83 and 2:09.39, respectively. Her 200-back time is third in the ODAC, while he 100-back mark is fifth in the conference this season. She added a fifth place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:22.33, the seventh-fastest time in the league. Kramer competed in four relays, finishing top-four in each. She and her teammates won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:59.81 and tacked on a second place finish in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:50.73. R-MC chimed in third and fourth in the 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle relays, respectively, with times of 3:40.37 and 8:03.00.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kayla Cabiness | Ferrum | Jr. | Guard
Cabiness, a junior from Martinsville, Va., helped Ferrum to a 1-1 win against ODAC opponents by averaging 26.0 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 17-of-30 (.567) from the field, 8-of-16 (.500) from deep, and 10-of-11 (.909) from the line. Cabiness opened with a career-high 29 points in an 87-65 loss at Lynchburg. She was 10-of-18 from the field including 5-of-9 from downtown with a 4-for-5 showing from the charity stripe. She added three boards, two assists, and two steals to her line. Over the weekend, Cabiness poured in 23 points with five rebounds and eight assists in a 76-64 victory over Virginia Wesleyan. She was 7-of-12 from the field with three made three-pointers and a 6-of-6 outing at the foul line. She also posted two steals. For the season, Cabiness is averaging 13. points per game. She doubled her total from the previous six games to improve to fifth in the conference in total points scored with 104.

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