GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum cross country runner Nathan Buckeridge and soccer midfielder Wilma Axelsson have been named the Zaxby's Athletes of the Week.
Buckeridge, a junior from Haywards Heath, England, earned All-Conference third team honors with his 16th-place finish at the 2025 South Atlantic Conference Championship Saturday at Kinser Park. He posted an 8K-time of 27:20 to post the best SAC Championship finish since 2019. He led TU to a seventh-place team finish.
Axelsson, a graduate student from Ytterby, Sweden, scored the match-winning goal in Tusculum's 3-2 SAC win over Coker on Saturday. Axelsson beat two defenders to a loose ball and found the back of the net in the 56th minute as the Pioneers rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the SAC standings. She also had an assist on Tusculum's first goal of the day.
The Tusculum University Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Zaxby's, located at 3280 Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville. The Zaxby's Athlete of the Week Award honors one male and one female athlete each week from an in-season sport.
2025-26 Zaxby's Athletes of the Week
|
Date |
Male Athlete of the Week |
Female Athlete of the Week |
|
Sep. 8 |
Lex Dinwiddie, Football |
Sydney Grant, Soccer |
|
Sep. 15 |
Nathan Buckeridge, Cross Country |
Jesica Mbhamali, Cross Country |
|
Sep. 22 |
Nathan Buckeridge, Cross Country |
Breana Pelbath, Volleyball |
|
Sep. 29 |
Harrison Price, Golf |
Sydney Grant, Soccer |
|
Oct. 6 |
Hugo Le Floch, Soccer |
Isabella Bianchin, Volleyball |
|
Oct. 13 |
Noe Delmotte, Soccer |
Victoria Church, Volleyball |
|
Oct. 20 |
Lawson Harkey, Golf |
Marja Enste, Soccer |
|
Oct. 27 |
Nathan Buckeridge, Cross Country |
Wilma Axelsson, Soccer |
