Posted: Oct 15, 2018
Third-year guard Alex Carson is this week’s MUSCLE MLK Male Athlete of the Week.
Alex earned tournament MVP honours at Waterloo’s 50th annual Naismith Classic over the weekend.
He scored eight points and had four rebounds in the Tigers 70-60 win over the host Waterloo Warriors Thursday night.
The next day, he netted a game-high 23 points and added four rebounds to lead the Tigers to a 79-77 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks.
He was hot again on Saturday, scoring a team-high 15 points with another four rebounds to secure a 66-65 victory over the Ottawa GeeGees to win the tournament.
A native of Lower Sackville, N.S., Alex is a recreation management student.
Other nominees: Bryn Smith (cross country); Kallen Heenan (soccer)