Jackson Lenoir, former Chattanooga Arts and Sciences tennis standout now a junior at Milligan College, has been named the Appalachian Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
Lenoir, earning the first POW honor of his career, teamed up with Fernando Gonzalez for a perfect 3-0 doubles record last week. In the second match, Lenoir and Gonzalez faced a 7-3 deficit only to rally for six straight games to clinch the victory.
Lenior and Gonzalez, the Buffaloes’ No.
2 doubles team, are 4-1 this season and have won three matches in a row. Lenoir is 2-3 playing in the third and fourth slots.
In 2014, Milligan’s lost in the AAC tournament semifinals to SCAD-Atlanta.
At CSAS, Lenoir helped his team to the 2011 state semifinals, was a state doubles semifinalist in 2010 and stage singles finalist in 2011 and 2012.
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