Gaffney, White named Student-Athletes of the Month

Golfer Jennifer Gaffney and soccer player Mitchell White out-shined their peers in the month of September on the way to earning Simpson Student-Athlete of the Month honors.

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Jennifer Gaffney, golf
Gaffney, a senior from Waukee, Iowa, earned IIAC Golfer of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 22 after winning the Simpson Fall Invitational on Sept. 16 and tying for second at the Luther Invitational on Sept. 20-21. She sat in third place after the first two rounds of the IIAC Championship and went on to take seventh in early October. She owned a team-low 82.3 stroke average at month's end and led Simpson to two tournament victories during the month. She also won the award in September 2012.

Mitchell White, soccer
White, a junior forward from Decorah, Iowa, scored eight goals and had one assist in nine games while leading Simpson to a 7-0-2 start, the longest unbeaten streak to start a season in school history. He earned IIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 22 after scoring four goals with one assist in two games. In one of those games - a 5-1 win over Grinnell - White registered the second hat trick of his career, becoming just the sixth player in school history to record multiple hat tricks in a career. He increased his career goal total to 28, the sixth most in school history.