🐔 Rise and shine

The focus is on the Gamecocks

Welcome to Anchor Impact, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Vanderbilt University’s collective Anchor Impact.

In today’s content
- Big awards week 🏈
- Talking ‘bout SC 🐔
+ so much more 💪

🏀 Women’s Basketball dominated Lipscomb in its season opener

🏀 Men’s Basketball prevails in its home opener over Maryland Eastern Shore

🏈 Football’s Martel Height has been added to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll

🏈 CJ Taylor was named Thorpe Award Player of the Week after his performance against Auburn

🏈 Richie Hoskins is now a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy

COACH LEA WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: SOUTH CAROLINA

Coach Lea hits the podium ahead of the team’s match-up with a South Carolina squad who is coming off a dominant win over Texas A&M.

🐔 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: SOUTH CAROLINA

Coming off a big win over Texas A&M, the Gamecocks are spearheaded by a sensation behind center:

  • Freshman edge rusher Dylan Stewart was named SEC Freshman of the Week

  • The Gamecocks are coming off a 44-20 route of No. 10 Texas A&M at home, moving to 5-3 on the year

  • Quarterback LaNorris Sellers tosses an average of 173.1-yards per game

  • Sellers is also a threat in the run game, sitting second on the team in rushing yards with 50.4/contest

🎾 November 7-10 // Men’s and Women’s Tennis are in Tallahassee, Fla. and Athens, Ga., respectively, for the ITA Regionals