Gaston Day tennis star is Charlotte Observer athlete of the week

Gaston Day’s Avery Shaffer, a seventh grader, is the Charlotte Observer athlete of the week.

Shaffer rallied in the vote totals during the week to beat Davidson Day’s Gerrin Tomlin.

Shaffer, who plays high school varsity, won two singles and two doubles matches last week to help the Spartans beat SouthLake Christian 7-2 on back-to-back days.

Shaffer won her No. 3 singles match 6-4, 6-0 and triumphed 8-4 in doubles to lead Gaston Day to a 7-2 win at SouthLake Christian Sept. 30.

The next day, Shaffer won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and 8-6 in doubles to help her team to another 7-2 win at home.

▪ A new set of nominees will be announced Sunday and readers can begin to vote for next week’s winner.

Want to nominate an athlete?: Athletes of the week highlights high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes in all sports, both the most accomplished and the underrated or underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the Athletes of the week column, send email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athletes’ name, school, class and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.

This story was originally published October 4, 2020 at 5:18 PM.