Sydni Donovan named Oglethorpe University Female Athlete of the Week

Sydni Donovan of the Oglethorpe women's basketball team has been named the OU Female Athlete of the Week. A Business Administration major, Donovan is a graduate of Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach.

Donovan scored 19 points and accrued five blocks in the Stormy Petrels' 73-53 win over Randolph-Macon College on Saturday at the Comfort Suites Classic in Emory, Virginia. She went 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from the free-throw line over the course of the game, which boosted Oglethorpe's record to 3-1 on the season. Donovan also went 2-for-3 from the field in Friday's loss to Emory and Henry College at the same event.

She and the rest of the team get set to travel to Danville, Kentucky on Friday and Saturday for the Lee's Famous Recipe/Hampton Inn Classic. They'll go against Maryville College (Tennessee) on Friday at 5 p.m. and Otterbein University on Saturday at 1 p.m.