NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia and Tennessee’s Arion Carter were named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, on Tuesday, as announced by the organization.
Pavia accounted for 400 yards of total offense and six touchdowns in Vanderbilt’s win over Utah State. He completed 26-of-34 passes for 321 yards and a school-record-tying five touchdowns. He also led the Commodores with 79 yards rushing and one TD on just nine carries.
Pavia recorded a career-high in completions while posting 400 yards of total offense for the second time in his collegiate career. He became the only Commodore to account for six touchdowns against an NCAA FBS opponent since 1996 and guided a unit that finished with 543 yards of total offense. He moved into sixth place on the career touchdown passes list with 33 and helped Vanderbilt to its first 5-0 start since 2008. The Commodores have scored 30-plus points in each of its first five games and 50 or more points in consecutive contests for the first time since 1915.
Carter posted a career-best 17 tackles and provided the game-winning pass breakup in overtime on fourth down at the goal line in Tennessee’s overtime win at Mississippi State. His 17 tackled are tied for the most by an FBS player in a game this season (Chisom - UCLA, Hinspeter - UMass). Carter leads the SEC and is tied for second among Power Four players with 49 tackles this year. That total is 15 more than the next closest SEC player.
MEN’S SOCCER: Carson-Newman’s Mitchell Honcoop scored a goal in each of the team’s two matches, versus the University of Montevallo and a 2-1 victory at Newberry College. He posted an unassisted goal in the 26th minute to put the Eagles in front against Montevallo and netted what proved to be the game-winning score in the 86th minute, also unassisted, in a win versus Newberry. Honcoop has a team-leading four goals in eight matches this season.
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Maryville College’s Anabelle Procter recorded a pair of goals in two victories for the Scots. She scored twice in a victory against Huntingdon College, connecting on a penalty kick in the 21st minute and added a score in the 60th minute, her first goals of the season.
VOLLEYBALL: Middle Tennessee’s Raegan Durbin registered a pair of double-doubles in two matches for the Blue Raiders. She recorded 13 kills (.407 hitting efficiency) and 19 digs in a sweep of Kennesaw State and added 13 kills and 10 digs in the second meeting with the Owls. Durbin averaged 3.71 kills and 4.14 digs per set as an outside hitter.
2025 TSWA FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Colton Hood, Tennessee (Defense)
Sept. 9 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Theron Gaines, Tennessee Tech (Defense)
Sept. 16 | Bryson Rollins, Maryville College (Offense); CJ Heard, Vanderbilt (Defense)
Sept. 23 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Cannon Johnson, Cumberland (Defense)
Sept. 30 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Arion Carter, Tennessee (Defense)
2025 TSWA MEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Alpha Bah, Sewanee
Sept. 16 | Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 23 | Stokes McConnell, Sewanee
Sept. 30 | Mitchell Honcoop, Carson-Newman
2025 TSWA WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Susie Whitsett, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Sara Wojdelko, Vanderbilt
Sept. 16 | Molly Buciewicz, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kylene Monaghan, Sewanee
Sept. 30 | Anabelle Procter, Maryville College
2025 TSWA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Caroline Macander, Middle Tennessee
Sept. 9 | Kylie Wilhelmi, Maryville College
Sept. 16 | Emerson Ahsmuhs, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kamryn Chaney, Vanderbilt
Sept. 30 | Raegan Durbin, Middle Tennessee