Sany Kong Earns Second Offensive Player of the Week Honor

NEW ORLEANS  – South Carolina men’s soccer forward Loïc Sany Kong has been named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week it was announced Tuesday (Sept. 22).

The junior from Quebec City, Quebec, earns his second Offensive Player of the Week honor this season. He’s the first Gamecock to be named Offensive Player of the Week twice in one season since Bjorn Gudjonsson in 2016.

Sany Kong scored the game-winning goal to lead the 4th ranked Gamecocks earn its fourth ranked win of the season in their Sun Belt opener at No. 13 Old Dominion. The win moved the Gamecocks to 7-0 on the season, the last unbeaten and untied team in the country.

His goal in the 62nd minute came off a corner kick where he scored on a back heel shot. The goal was his team-leading fourth of the season.

Sany Kong and the Gamecocks return to the pitch tonight (Sept. 22) to take on the College of Charleston at 7 p.m.