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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: SoCon honors Anderson

By: John Frierson
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The last postseason award Alex Anderson picked up was perhaps the biggest, most meaningful of them all.

On Tuesday night at the Southern Conference’s annual honors dinner at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Hilton Head Island, S.C., the former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball standout was honored as the league’s female athlete of the year. Davidson’s star guard Stephen Curry was voted the top male athlete after leading the Wildcats to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

“It’s an honor, something I never thought I would get,” Anderson said.

The award was one of several for Anderson, who was twice voted the SoCon player of the year. Anderson also was a three-time all-conference selection and was twice named the SoCon tournament’s most valuable player.

“Obviously I think she’s very deserving of it,” Lady Mocs coach Wes Moore said. “When you think about all the (female) student-athletes in the Southern Conference, that’s quite an honor.”

The criteria for choosing the top athletes includes not only their performances in uniform but also their work in the classroom and in the community. Anderson, a psychology major, made the SoCon’s All-Academic team and has donated her time to numerous local organizations including the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the Chattanooga Food Bank and Community Kitchen.

“People always look at what you do on the court, not what you do off it,” Anderson said. “I try to do as good as I can off the court, and it’s nice to be recognized.”

Anderson is the third consecutive female UTC athlete to win the award. Track standouts Shannon Wommack (2006) and Lanni Marchant (2007) were honored the previous two years. Anderson is the second UTC women’s basketball player to receive the award, joining Jennifer Wilson who earned it in 2003.

In April, Anderson became the first UTC and SoCon player ever to be selected in the WNBA draft, going 39th overall to the San Antonio Silver Stars. However, she was waived at the end of training camp.

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