AIKEN, S.C. - University of South Carolina Aiken Women's Soccer player Caroline Gillespine was named the inaugural South Carolina Education Lottery USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week of the 2011-12 athletic year on Sept. 6, 2011.

Gillespie has helped the Pacers off to a perfect 2-0 start.

In USC Aiken's victory over Newberry on Sunday, Sept. 4, Gillespie finished USC Aiken's 2-1 win with both of the Pacer tallies.

Gillespie (Greenville, S.C./JL Mann) scored the first goal of the game in the 19^th-minute when she rocketed in a shot from 20 yards out. The ball went just under the cross bar for Gillespie's first goal as a Pacer.

After Newberry tied the game at 1-1 in the early going of the second half, Gillespie blasted a shot in from 25 yards out to give the Pacers a 2-1 lead that they would never relinquish at the 65-minute mark.

The South Carolina Education Lottery USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week award honors one student-athlete each week from an in-season sport in 2011-12 for their hard work and effort.

To learn more about the South Carolina Education Lottery USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week award, please visit USC Aiken's official athletic website at www.PacerSports.com.