Video: Xu named club sports athlete of year

APRIL 24, 2012
by John Roberts, Newspage Editor

Weilun Xu, the founder of Furman’s ping pong club, was named Club Sport Athlete of the Year last Wednesday. Xu, a senior, won the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s (NCTTA) Georgia Division in January. He compiled a 2-4 record at the NCTTA South Regionals in March. At nationals, held April 13-14 in Plano, Texas, Xu finished a respectable second in the tournament’s consolation bracket, which included 27 competitors. Blake Campbell’s video of Xu captures a recent training session. Campbell also interviews Xu and teammates Robert Barnes and Pierre-Olivier Cote. See the video.