TCU Athletes of the Week

Week ending January 21, 2007

Alvardo Parker
Men's Basketball
Junior
South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands

  • Alvardo Parker averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocked shots over TCU's two games, while going 14-for-17 from the field (.824).

  • The athletics forward garnered his first career double-double with career highs in points (20) and rebounds (13) against UNLV.

  • Currently ranks first in the Mountain West and in the top 25 nationally in blocked shots.

  • Leads the team in rebounding (6.2), a figure that ranks among the league's top 10.
    • Virgil Hodge
    Women's Track and Field
    Junior
    Basseterre, St. Kitts

  • Competing in the second meet of the indoor season, junior sprinter Virgil Hodge earned two NCAA provisional marks at the Razorback Invitational, which was held Jan. 19-20 in Fayetteville, Ark.

  • A native of Basseterre, St. Kitts, Hodge earned provisional marks in the 60 meters and 200 meters en route to winning both events. In the 60 meters, Hodge earned an NCAA provisional mark with a time of 7.43 in the finals. In the 200 meters, she ran a 23.64 in the finals and prelims to secure an NCAA provisional mark.

  • Named the Mountain West Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

  • Hodge was an All-American in 2006 after placing seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Hodge also holds the school record 60-meter dash (7.33) and indoor 200 meters (23.46).
    • Past Honorees:
    Yousif Del Valle/Candis Kelley (1/14/07) | Brent Hackett/Hanna Biernacka (1/7/07) | Kevin Langford/Adrianne Ross (12/31/06) | Jeff Ballard/Adrianne Ross (12/24/06) | Alejandro Gomez/Cheryl Townsend (12/17/06) | Brent Hackett/Adrianne Ross (12/10/06) | Chase Ortiz/Lorie Butler-Rayford (12/3/06) | Aaron Brown/Ashley Davis (11/26/06) Donald Massey/Tara Sullivan (11/19/06) | Brian Bonner/Calandra Stewart (11/12/06) | Marvin White/Jennifer Ferguson (11/5/06) | Chase Ortiz/Katy Buchanan (10/29/06) | David Hawthorne/Ana Cetnik (10/22/06) | Drew Stoltz/Anna Vaughn (10/15/06) | Franklin Corpening/Stephanie Futscher (10/8/06) | Kriegler Brink/Lizzy Karoly (9/24/06) | Jon McLean/Catherine Matranga (9/17/06) | Jason Phillips/Anna Vaughn (9/11/06) | Aaron Brown/Michelle Nguyen (9/4/06)