Carolina Waterscapes Student-Athlete of the Week: Laura Gerraughty

Jan. 14, 2003

Laura Gerraughty is the Carolina Waterscapes Student-Athlete of the Week. The sophomore from Nashua, N.H., broke the school indoor track and field records for the shot put and weight throw at the North Carolina College Big 12 meet Saturday in Chapel Hill. She won both events and automatically qualified for nationals with a throw of 55-8 3/4 in the shot put. Her throw of 63-9 3/4 in the weight throw is a provisional qualifying mark for nationals.

Other nominees included:

Jessi Perruquet, junior from Daville, Pa. She won the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and anchored the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team to lead the UNC women's swimmers to a sweep of 20th-ranked Florida State and Rutgers last Saturday.

Women's basketball point guard Coretta Brown equaled her career high and led UNC to a win with 28 points Sunday at Florida State. With a busload of friends and family from Statesboro, Ga., in attendance, the senior guard hit a season-high five-three pointers, which moved her into third place on UNC's career three-pointers list. For the week, she averaged 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals as the Tar Heels improved to 14-1.

Wrestler Dustin Heist ended the Virginia Duals with a perfect 4-0 record in the 184-pound weight class for the Tar Heels this past weekend. The sophomore began the tournament with a victory over 15th ranked Jason Potter (Illinois) 5-3. The Meadville, Pa., native then picked up a major decision over Army's Matt Bernard 13-4 to end day one 2-0. In the opening match of day two, Heist defeated Rider's Mike Robinson 3-0 and edged Edinboro's Alex Clemsen 3-2 in his final match of the duals.

Previous Carolina Waterscapes Student-Athletes of the Week

Coretta Brown 1/6/03

Laura Greene and Molly Pyles 12/30/02

Rashad McCants 12/1/02

Dan Orner and Ryan Kneipper 11/24/02

Shalane Flanagan 11/17/02

Leslie Gaston 11/10/02

Shalane Flannagan and Kelly Weeks 11/3/02

Kelsey Keeran 10/27/02

Ashley Prange 10/21/02

Molly Pyles 10/14/02

Chelsey Borders and Darian Durant 10/7/02