Vickery Hall Announces Student-Athletes of the Week for the Week of March 17

March 19, 2008

Sophomore jumper Patricia Mamona and the entire Clemson men’s basketball team were named Vickery Hall’s Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 17, 2008.


Patricia Mamona		Clemson Men’s Basketball Team
Sport:	Women’s Track & Field		Head Coach :	Oliver Purnell
Class:	Sophomore		Associate Head Coach:	Ron Bradley
Major:	Health Science		Assistant Head Coach:Assistant Coach:	Frank Smith Shaka Smart
Hometown:	Lisbon, Portugal		Director of Operations:Graduate Assistant:	Josh PostorinoMichael Morrell
Favorite Professor:	Ralph Welsh		Players:	Zavier AndersonJonah BaizeTrevor BookerJerai GrantCliff HammondsJames MaysMatt MorrisTerrence OglesbySam PerryKarolis PetrukonisDavid PotterK.C. RiversDemontez StittRaymond SykesJesse Yanutola
Favorite Class:	Human Health and Disease
Athletic Highlight:	Mamona is the first student-athlete from Clemson to compete in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 2005 when Gisela Oliveira won the national title. She is the fifth female athlete from Clemson to ever compete in the triple jump at the indoor championships. Mamona placed 12th in the event at her first national indoor championship meet last weekend with a mark of 43′ 0.5″. Mamona also earned All-ACC honors this season in both the triple jump (second place) and the long jump (third place.)		Athletic Highlight:	The Tigers defeated Boston College and Duke in the quarterfinal and semifinal round of the 2008 ACC Tournament to reach the conference title game for the first time in 46 seasons. Third-seeded Clemson fell to top-seeded North Carolina in a hard-fought 86-81 contest in the title game. Ranked #22 in the final Associated Press poll, the Tigers are returning to the NCAA Tournament as a number-five seed in the Midwest Region.