Freshman point guard Sean Tate named GCAA Player of the Week

The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association has named freshman Sean Tate the Player of the Week for Week 4 of the men’s basketball conference season. Tate, a 5-foot-7 point guard from Sequoyah High School in Canton, Ga., averaged 17 points, eight assists and 3.5 steals in two games last week while shooting 17-of-19 from the free-throw line and 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
His assist-to-turnover ratio was 4-to-1 for the week, and his 16-point, eight-assist and four-steal effort helped CTC pick up a big conference win last Sunday, Jan. 29 against Waycross College.

“This is a great honor and it means a lot to me,” Tate said of the award. “As a freshman coming in, this is a great start to my college career.”

Tate came to CTC after an outstanding prep career at Sequoyah, in which he led the Chiefs to a 29-1 record and perfect 15-0 mark in Region 7-AAAA his senior season in 2010-11. He was honored as All-Metro Atlanta at the Naismith Awards banquet last March after averaging 24 points a game and setting the Sequoyah single-season scoring record. He also earned first-team all-state honors in Class AAAA.

“The last month, Sean has been fantastic for us,” said Chattahoochee Tech head coach David Archer. “He has increased his leadership role for our team. He’s already proven that he can excel at this level of competition.”

Tate leads the Golden Eagles in scoring at over 13 points per game, and leads the GCAA conference in assists at over six per game. He also leads the league in free-throw attempts and is shooting 83 percent from the line and 43 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. Tate has helped lead the Golden Eagles back from a 1-5 start in conference; CTC is currently 15-8 and 5-7 in the GCAA with six conference games remaining.