De Silva scored six points on two goals and two assists in helping the Cougars to a 2-0 week and the top of the SoCon standings, earning him SoCon Player of the Week honors. Against league-leading Elon on Oct. 16, de Silva assisted on CofC's first goal in the 3-2 win. The business administration major made sure the Cougars stayed on top in their next game, a 5-0 win over Davidson on Saturday. De Silva had two goals and an assist, scoring once in the first half and adding a goal and an assist in the second half as College of Charleston improved to 4-1-0 in SoCon play on the year.

2012-13 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK SPONSORED BY PIGGLY WIGGLY
Sept. 3 - Kees Heemskerk (men's soccer) and Sloane White (volleyball)
Sept. 10 - Mackenzie Johnston (men's cross country) and Vanessa Koechli (women's golf)
Sept. 24 - Juan Maegli (sailing) and Michaela Herrmann (women's soccer)
Oct. 1 - Luke Huggett (men's soccer) and Eliza Hay (equestrian)
Oct. 8 - Sean de Silva (men's soccer) and Darcy Dorton (volleyball)
Oct. 15 - Juan Maegli (sailing) and Katharina Boehm (women's golf)
Oct. 22 - Sean de Silva (men's soccer) and Sarah Boyle (women's swimming)