Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Kovacs, Richardson named FAU Student-Athletes of the Week
1/30/2012 12:00:00 AM | General
Jan. 30, 2012
Florida Atlantic University has named men's basketball player Shavar Richardson and Anett Kovacs of women's swimming as this week's "Student-Athletes of the Week."
Richardson scored a season-high 25 points in FAU's 67-66 win over Western Kentucky University on January 26. The senior, from Brooklyn, New York, scored the Owls' first nine points of the game and his 15 first half points were his highest point total of the season for an entire game to that point. It was Richardson's third double-digit performance in the last four games. It was the fifth 20-point game of his career.
Men's basketball is back in action on Thursday, February 2 when they travel to Mobile, Alabama, to take on the University of South Alabama, at 8:05 p.m. The women's team is also on the road against South Alabama, Wednesday, February 1, with a 12:30 pm afternoon tipoff. Both teams will host FIU at the FAU Arena on Saturday, February 4, with the women playing at 3 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m.
Kovacs swam the anchor leg of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team, who finished in a time of 7:45.69, nearly nine seconds ahead of the second-place finishers. The freshman, a native of Budapest, Hungary, also won individual races in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.01), the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.33) and the 100-yard butterfly (57.87).
The swimming and diving teams will have Senior Day on Saturday, February 4, with ceremonies prior to the tri-meet, beginning at 11 a.m. at the FAU Aquatic Center against FIU and Daytona State College.
Also in action over the weekend are the men's and women's tennis teams. The men will host Georgia SouthernUniversity on Friday, February 3 at 3 p.m., and against Wofford College on Saturday, February 4 at 2 p.m., with both matches taking place at Patch Reef Park The women's squad travels to Fort Myers to face Florida Gulf Coast University, also on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Women's golf will tee off their spring season beginning on Sunday, February 5, and continuing through Tuesday, February 7, at the Marsh Landing Intercollegiate tournament, held at the Marsh Landing Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
