FOREST, Virginia - The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) office announced the Athletes of the Week for events completed during the week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 4. Virginia Wesleyan's men's soccer keeper, Griffin Potter, was selected as the ODAC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week after helping the Marlins go 2-0-1 on the week. 

The senior from Manchester, Maryland, collected a record of 1-0-1 between the pipes for the Marlins shutting out the Monarchs of Methodist University 2-0 and drawing 0-0 in double overtime against the WildCats of Randolph College. In the match at Methodist, Potter made three saves on 13 shots faced while keeping the Monarchs out of the back of the net. He followed on Saturday with a nine-save shutout of the WildCats, then 8-0-0, and kept the ODAC's leading scorer, Evan Blow (RC), from collecting a goal with a double overtime 0-0 draw.