This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Indy Vassilev – 07.25.2015

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Indy Vassilev – 07.25.2015

Indy Vassilev a local soccer player was selected to play on the U.S. National U-14 Soccer Team. What makes this interesting is that Windsor Forest High School Head Soccer Coach Cam Turner stated Indy is the first player from Savannah to ever make an appearance on a U.S. National team. Vassilev has played soccer in Savannah throughout his young life. Indy has been part of local soccer playing with the Savannah United program and the Savannah Storm program.

Playing soccer with these two elite soccer programs got Indy seen by the IMG Academy, where he will be a freshman this fall. Indy started at IMG as an eighth grader last year which is in Bradenton Florida and specializes in developing the student/athlete and is world known as one of the leading sports academies. Then in April Indy was at the U.S. Soccer U14 Boys National team camp, and Indy stood out as one of the top players and was selected. Vassilev had the experience of playing soccer in Croatia with the U.S. National U-14 Soccer team during May 2015.


Indy whose given full name is Indiana is the son of Dencho Vassilev who came to the U.S. to play soccer at the University of Mobile in Alabama. Vassilev was a first-team All-American NAIA selections in 1993. Dencho also won the NAIA tournament MVP honors that year when the University of Mobile reached the NAIA Final Four. Vassilev wound up in Savannah in 1997 to play for the Savannah Rug Ratz, which was a professional indoor team that lasted only two seasons from 1997-1998. Dencho then decided to stay in Savannah.

The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week- Mayfair Marlins Swimmer Jessilyn Graham 7.18.15

The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week- Mayfair Marlins Swimmer Jessilyn Graham 7.18.2015

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Mayfair Marlins Swimmer Jessilyn Graham. Jessilyn had an amazing day at the 49^th Savannah Coastal Swim League City Meet. Graham scored 97 points for her swim team, The Mayfair Marlins Championship swim team. Jessilyn finished first in four individual events and second in one event. Graham's first place finishes were in the 50-Yard Freestyle, 50-Yard Backstroke, 50-Yard Breaststroke, and 100-Yard Individual Medley and her lone second-place finish was in the 50-Yard Butterfly. Graham added two more first place finishes in two team relays, 200-Yard Medley Relay and the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay.


Jessilyn is a rising junior at Windsor Forest High School. Graham also swims for the Georgia Coastal Aquatics team and the Savannah Chatham County Public School Swim team. Jessilyn qualified the last two years for the Georgia High School State Association state swim meet. Besides swimming she also runs cross country at Windsor Forest.

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Savannah Junior Golf Associations/South Effingham senior Ben Brennan.

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Savannah Junior Golf Associations/South Effingham senior BEN BRENNAN. 

Ben has won three Savannah Junior Golf Associations Tournaments (SJGA) that he has entered this summer.  On June 8th, Brennan shot a 73 to win at Wilmington Island club. Then on June 16^th he shot a 76 to win at the Southbridge Country Club and recently on July 6th, he recorded a 73 to win at the Savannah Harbor golf course. The two week’s Ben did not participate in SJGA events he was attending qualifying events for the United States Junior Golf Association. Ben will return to playing in the last two major tournaments of the SJGA summer series playing at Crosswinds on July 13^th and then the prestigious SJGA Matt Warren Championship at the Savannah Golf Club on July 27^th and 28^th.

Ben is a rising senior at South Effingham High School and has made a name for him during the high school golf season also. Brennan has made the Savannah Morning News All-Greater Golf first team every year since his freshman year, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Ben this year advanced to the state Class AAAAA golf sectionals after shooting a 76 in the Region 3-AAAAA tournament at Jekyll Island. At the sectionals, he missed the state tournament by one stroke. Ben also is a member of the South Effingham high School National Honor Society and the key Club. 

Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week - H.V. Jenkins Football player senior Arkeem Byrd

Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week - H.V. Jenkins Football player senior Arkeem Byrd

This week's Wetherington Chiropractic Athlete of the Week is H.V. Jenkins senior football player ARKEEM BRYD. Byrd has been getting a lot of attention from Division I football programs as one of the top prep running backs in the state of Georgia. The colleges that have offered Arkeem are Appalachian State, Army, Central Michigan, Chattanooga, Georgia State, Kansas, Marshall, Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Navy, Samford, Western Kentucky, and Wyoming.             

Last year, Arkeem missed a month during the season with an injury, but finished up strong rushing for 868 yards and 13 TDs in just eight games. He also was targeted out of the backfield and caught 12 passes for 171 yards and three touchdowns. Byrd was a Savannah Morning News All-Greater Savannah Offensive first team player and was an all-region 1-AAA first-team selection.all-region 1-AAA first-team selection.