Stoner, Whitner Named Scholar-Athletes of the Week
11/7/2016 10:16:00 AM | Football, Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Academics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – This week's Orange Scholar-Athletes of the Week are Paige Stoner of the women's cross country team and Kielan Whitner of the Syracuse football team.
Following a fifth-place finish at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the women's cross country team preps for the NCAA Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt park in the Bronx on Friday. Â
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Stoner is an inclusive education major in the School of Education. A transfer from Lipscomb, the junior was named to the Syracuse Athletic Director's Honor Roll last spring.
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A native of Pottsville, Pa., Stoner led the Orange with a 17th-place finish at the conference championship to garner All-ACC accolades.
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Stoner was 12th at the Panorama Farms Invitational, 16th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational and third at the Harry Lang Invitational earlier this season. Â Â
Whitner and the Orange football team return home for back-to-back games in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse hosts NC State at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday for Military Appreciation Day, and then welcomes Florida State to Central New York on Saturday, Nov. 19. Tickets for both games are on sale now online, by phone (888-DOMETIX), at Destiny USA kiosks and at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B).
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Whitner is an accounting major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The sophomore is an active representative of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and a two-time Syracuse Athletic Director's Honor Roll member.
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A native of Lawrenceville, Ga., Whitner has seen action in seven games in the secondary this season. He has 29 tackles, including 15 solo stops.
Following a fifth-place finish at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the women's cross country team preps for the NCAA Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt park in the Bronx on Friday. Â
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Stoner is an inclusive education major in the School of Education. A transfer from Lipscomb, the junior was named to the Syracuse Athletic Director's Honor Roll last spring.
Â
A native of Pottsville, Pa., Stoner led the Orange with a 17th-place finish at the conference championship to garner All-ACC accolades.
Â
Stoner was 12th at the Panorama Farms Invitational, 16th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational and third at the Harry Lang Invitational earlier this season. Â Â
Whitner and the Orange football team return home for back-to-back games in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse hosts NC State at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday for Military Appreciation Day, and then welcomes Florida State to Central New York on Saturday, Nov. 19. Tickets for both games are on sale now online, by phone (888-DOMETIX), at Destiny USA kiosks and at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B).
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Whitner is an accounting major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The sophomore is an active representative of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and a two-time Syracuse Athletic Director's Honor Roll member.
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A native of Lawrenceville, Ga., Whitner has seen action in seven games in the secondary this season. He has 29 tackles, including 15 solo stops.
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