PEMBROKE – Athletics department officials from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke announced on Monday morning that women's basketball's Natalie Evington and men's indoor track & field's Norman Junker have been named the Scotland Health Care System Braves of the Week for the week ending on February 2, 2025.

A native of Red Springs, Evington came off of the bench last week and averaged 17.0 points across a pair of games. The sophomore started the week with a career-high 15 points at Barton on a 5-for-5 clip from the field. Evington closed out the week by establishing a new career high with 19 points against Emmanuel and was 7-for-7 from the field. Evington shot 100-percent on the week and was 10-for-10 from the perimeter. 

Junker took home event title in the Mile Run and the 5000-meter Run at the VMI Winter Relays over the weekend. The senior hit a personal-best time in the mile crossing the finish line in a time of 4:18.92, and recorded a time of 15:09.48 in the 5000m Run. 

 

BRAVES OF THE WEEK
Week		Student-Athlete	Student-Athlete	Summary
9/11		Mercy Bell	Payden Lewis	Release
9/23		Abby Peduzzi	Jo Hayes	Release
9/30		Anna Grossheim	Kelvin Kibet	Release
10/7		Savannah Whaley	Jo Hayes	Release
10/14		Benedetta Pepe Pugliese	Colin Johnson	Release
10/21		Eli Soderberg	Jaiden Nesbit	Release
10/28		Anna Grossheim	Carlo Thompson	Release
11/4		Catherine DeSiena	Jamae Blank	Release
11/11		Moureen Kimaiyo	Bradlee Haskell	Release
11/18		Kelci Adams	Colin Johnson	Release
11/25		Hannah Russell	Bradlee Haskell	Release
12/2		Anastasia Sinclair	Josh Berenbaum	Release
12/9		Zaria Clark	Josh Berenbaum	Release
12/16		Stella Mollica	Avery Buonocore	Release
1/6		Anastasia Sinclair	Jake Piccirilli	Release
1/13		Stella Mollica	Dallas Gardner	Release
1/20		Katie-Marie Sherlock	Tayvon Callahan	Release
1/27		Zaria Clark	Oggie Atwood	Release
2/3		Natalie Evington	Norman Junker	Release