Kennesaw State’s Pritchard honored by A-Sun

Kennesaw State’s Simon Pritchard was named the Atlantic Sun Conference male athlete of the year on Wednesday.

Pritchard, a senior, is a tennis player and two-time conference scholar of the year (2015 and ‘16). He has a 4.0 GPA with a major in economics.

He has captained the tennis team for three years and is the winningest player in school history.

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