PROVIDENCE, R.I. – University of Memphis senior Ashley Pryke has been named the American Athletic Conference Female Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
It is the first conference weekly honor for Pryke this season and the fourth of her career. It is also the second-straight week a Tiger has earned a conference weekly honor. Freshman Adar Sheere was the league's Male Field Athlete of the Week for Mar. 19.
The Peterborough, Ontario, native reset her school record in the women's javelin at last weekend's Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays in Starkville, Miss.