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2019 SGA Election Guide

Kenzie Bastian

Isaac Holt

Justin Cross

Emerson Burd

Natalie Campbell

VISION

Kaylee Sheppard

Chad Smith

THRIVE

Madison Woods

Owen Flomberg

IMPACT

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Impact UT looks to leave mark on SGA, campus KYLIE HUBBARD Editor-in-Chief

Two juniors, one sophomore and a full slate of senators are looking to do one thing: make an impact.

Junior studying political economy with a minor in business through the College Scholars program Owen Flomberg is on the ticket as a presidential candidate. Flomberg served as an Arts and Sciences senator his sophomore year and as an East Area senator this year. Along with his time in Student Government Association Senate, Flomberg has held positions with the Campus Events Board, while co-founding the Organizations Resource Group and organizations like The Professional Greek Council.

“While I’ve been here, we haven’t seen (SGA) do as much, but I feel like each year it’s done less and less,” Flomberg said. “I want to try to fix some of those issues that are inside SGA so that SGA can do more outside of SGA.” Kaylee Sheppard, a junior studying American history and political science through the College Scholars program, is slated as Impact’s vice presidential candidate, serving in SGA each year at UT. Her freshman year, she held a seat in First Year Council and has remained a senator her sophomore and junior years. Sheppard also serves as a lobbyist on the current SGA Executive Board and has worked with various student services committees within SGA. “I think there is a lot more work to be done (in Senate),” Sheppard said. That’s something that’s really going to take an experienced vice president that knows the legislative process, knows how Senate works and

From left to right: Kaylee Sheppard, Owen Flomberg, Madison Woods, Emma Heins.

Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon knows how First Year Council works as well as how we can improve to make sure that the legislative branch is being improved and expanded upon in the next year.”

Impact’s Student services director candidate Madison Woods is a sophomore studying chemistry with a minor in child and family studies. Woods has served on the Commission for Blacks and with Diversity Affairs Committee within SGA’s student services branch. Programming and planning are her speciality, as she boasts other positions with organizations across campus.

“I feel like the student services committee, that branch is what really is the one that speaks to students, because those are the ones that anybody can join,” Woods said.

“I want to do more with it to make sure that it’s being really effective and students are actually getting what they want out of it.”

Campaign manager and junior studying environmental studies and public health Emma Heins said she joined the campaign

as manager after observing the way each candidate has helped their respective parts of campus.

“I see how they work in other parts of campus,” Heins said. “I think that they can really bring that perspective to UTK.” But, it’s not about the big three or getting the big three into a position. It’s about everyone on the Impact team, including their supporters.

“We don’t just stand for the top three people on the ticket. ‘The big three.’ We hate that term,” Flomberg said. “We stand for everyone that’s a part of our party but everyone who is also not a part of our party.”

“I think just the culture of our campaign is to not stop at the end of voting, but to continue these initiatives, to point people to get task forces together and really trying to reform SGA to get more efficient,” Sheppard added.

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SGA ELECTIONS STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Impact’s campaign policies stretch across campus. Policy points include financial security, diversity and inclusion, health and wellness, sustainability and accessibility. Within each point is a specific task, idea or mission to be fulfilled.

In tackling financial security, the group plans to look at food prices and food availability. Impact hopes to reform the Big Orange Meal Share program so that students can “opt-in” to donate guest meal swipes at the end of a semester. According to their research this could add 21,000 meals for student identifying as food insecure. “That could make the difference for someone’s experience here on campus,” Sheppard said.

“We also want to look at housing prices,” Sheppard added. “They’ve been skyrocketing over the past couple years and that could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back of whether a student could come back to this university or not and that’s really important to us.”

Health and wellness is another important policy point to Impact, drawing on recent incidents with the Student Counseling Center on campus.

We really want to work with the counseling center on utilizing the resources they have currently to serve as many students as

Thursday, April 4, 2019 • The Daily Beacon possible,” Sheppard said. “And then go one step further in the future to try and allocate some more dollars toward the counseling center.”

Woods said the campaign is also looking to work with administration to work on a four-week FYS curriculum to promote inclusion on campus. She would also like to see the continuation of a bill Sheppard passed in Senate calling for an Interfaith Space. “We want to keep working on that to ensure that we get it and include all faiths on this campus,” Woods said.

Heins said they hope to work on UT’s waste diversion rates, which is the amount of waste getting into landfills.

“Most universities who are comparable to us, their waste diversion rate is about 50 percent or a little bit under. We’re only at about 33 percent,” Heins said. “We want to look into adding compost bins to the Student Union and the library and a bunch of other popular areas where students are to try and lower that.”

OneStop hours is another area of campus the campaign plans to focus on. Some ideas are to extend business hours during busier times of the year and working toward extending the hours throughout the year to help accessibility.

Flomberg said the specific and measurable qualities of their campaign policies set them apart from campaigns in the past.

“There’s number behind each of them and I think that differentiates us from campaigns I’ve seen in the past where... someone will say, what are your policies?

And they’ll say, increase diversity and inclusion as a policy point,” Flomberg said.

“That’s not a policy point because that’s not specific, that’s not measurable. That doesn’t really mean anything.”

But Impact isn’t starting fresh if elected into office. Most of the policy points have initiatives within them that have already begun. Flomberg’s Remove All Foam and Straws bill has persuaded Chick-fil-a to sell paper cups instead of styrofoam and has also removed straws from dining halls such as PCB and Stokely’s Fresh Food Company.

Arts and Sciences senator candidate Sophia Rhoades introduced a bill to move conversations with the Counseling Center and the administration to help move the center forward with the resources available last semester.

“We haven’t seen them to fruition yet.

But making sure that we have those people on our team that are the experts has been key,” Sheppard said. “Once we win (we will) get these people in these meetings with administration to see if we can get that done by the time we leave UT.” Flomberg, Sheppard and Woods, along with their team and supporters, are deter-

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mined to continue fighting for their policy points and ideas, even if they don’t win the positions and seats.

“We want to use SGA as a way to continue our initiatives and make sure that students voices are being heard,” Sheppard said. “But if that doesn’t end up being what’s in the cards for us, that we would continue those initiatives in our other organizations, coming to open town hall, reminding these senators what they were running on and making sure that student voices are being heard.”

For now, the team looks to utilize every person on their team, boasting their full slate of 52 senators to help evolve SGA into something of the past.

“It was much more of a voice for students,” Flomberg said. “It had a lot more ... attention on it, a lot more eyes on it and people cared about it a lot more.”

“No one joins SGA and doesn’t want to help students but the way it is currently structured and the way that leadership is set up, it doesn’t really streamline that passion to make the most effective change in the least amount of time,“ Sheppard added. “(We’re) making sure that we’re utilizing every single person within SGA, student services, senators, the whole exec team and making sure that we’re really getting the most done possible our senior year.”

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Thrive: Growing from the past, prospering in the now and flourishing in the future GABRIELA SZYMANOWSKA Campus News Editor

Drawing from their experiences in Student Government Association over the past three years, Chad Smith, Kenzie Bastian and Justin Cross aim to help UT grow from the past, prosper in the now and flourish in the future with their movement Thrive.

Smith, a junior studying medical anthropology through the College Scholars program, is running as the presidential candidate. Smith has served with SGA since his freshman year on the First Year Council and the Traditions and Diversity Affairs committee. Currently, he serves as the external relations director.

“I kind of came in with a kind of undefined role, it was relatively new,” Smith said. “In the past, folks, I don’t think developed it to its full potential per se, so what we’ve done and how I’ve sort of taken on the task is really building partnerships and collaborations with students on campus, that maybe didn’t have the best relationship with SGA or maybe didn’t have a relationship at all.”

Along with his SGA positions, Smith, a Haslam Scholar, has been involved with the Campus Events Board, spending his Saturdays volunteering at Inskip Elementary school for Cultural Saturdays, where each week a different culture is highlighted.

He is supported by junior majoring in agricultural education Bastian as vice president.

Bastian also started her SGA journey with First Year Council, but found other avenues of leadership, which led her to run for vice president of SGA. “Coming into this new election season, I saw a need on this campus of changing that culture and environment, and I know if I felt that way, other students felt that way and I’ve had conversations with students who’ve felt that way,” Bastian said. “When I realized that there was this opportunity to step up, and I think there’s a need for people to step up and to change that.”

Currently a Herbert College of Agriculture Ambassador, Bastian is a second year Ignite Leader, has been involved with Future Farmers of America for the past six years and is very passionate about the work done by the Center for Leadership Services.

Tying the ballot together is junior in finance and food agricultural business Cross, who is running as a candidate for Student Services Director (SSD). Cross also started SGA on the First Year Council and the Gov-

ernment Affairs Committee.

“Sophomore year is when I joined Traditions Committee and that’s when I really found my love for the programming and the student services that our student government puts on, and that’s part of what makes me want to run for Student Services director,” Cross said.

Cross is also heavily involved outside of SGA, working with several nonprofits in the Knoxville area, like serving on the board of directors for Knoxville Opera and volunteering with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of East Tennessee.

Unlike other campaigns who have run in the past, Smith, Bastian and Cross are emphasizing that Thrive is not just a campaign — it’s a movement.

“We always say that Thrive is a movement.

We try not to just restrict ourselves to saying it’s a campaign, because one thing that from the very beginning when we were first really flirting with the idea of getting this going and doing this thing, we talked about how the things we commit ourselves to are really regardless of position,” Cross said.

“So, whether we’re successful, which we obviously hope to be successful … the things that we’re advocating for are the things we want to see happen on campus regardless of what position we’re in, regardless of where we end.”

Along with Smith, Bastian and Cross, over 150 people are working with Thrive, bringing their ideas to the campaign and representing almost every part of campus.

“I’m really proud, just of the diversity of our senators and supporters that we have.

When we started out with it, because usually campaign season, I’ve seen it’s a big group of the same friends,” Bastian said. “One thing that I wanted us to do, and just challenged us — I know each of us wanted it — just to make sure that we are getting representation from all students on campus and it’s not just, ‘Oh, this is my friend.’”

Thrive is running on a campaign of 30 actionable goals separated into three parts that focus on the past, present and future of SGA legislation, hoping to expand them to work for the community. Each of the goals was carefully put together after many conversations with the community.

“The way that we’re presenting policy is more of a framework. So, it is from growing from the past. This is policy or problems that have happened, that we’re taking a new stance on,” Bastian said. “With prospering in the now, these are the short-term goals that we know we can accomplish throughout our

From left to right: Justin Cross, Chad Smith, Kenzie Bastian.

Gabriela Szymanowska / The Daily Beacon year. From flourishing for the future, these are the ones that we are setting up for the foundation that is going to help the future within SGA in general.”

Two goals from the list focus directly on transportation on campus. After sitting down with a friend from Bristol who is the Kappa Kappa Gamma president, Smith found a policy idea that could help sorority members better commute onto campus: Instead of promising a change in bus route that would cost too much to implement and would ultimately not be able to come to fruition, Smith suggested creating a bundle pass with the Sorority Village pass and commuter pass.

The second goal would to continue to expand the initiative of the Vol Rides to reach the back of the Fort, the Agricultural campus and Sorority Village.

“I think actionability, I think that’s rooted in having actual, personal conversations with people,” Smith said. “That’s how you get to know what actionable looks like, because until you have those conversations you don’t know how to implement things the way they need to be implemented. That’s the foundational what conversations we’ve had, we’ve gone through this whole process.”

The Thrive platform is also focused on the on-campus availability of menstrual hygiene products— an issue that students also discussed during last year’s campaigns — and food security through the expansion of

Smokey’s Pantry.

“Another big one from growing from the past is we talk about food insecurity, we have a great campus resource in Smokey’s Pantry, but Smokey’s Pantry has room to be more institutionalized,” Cross said. “That way, they can get more resources so they’re able to offer more goods to students who may need them and solve other needs students may have. We talk about food insecurity, but there are also, if you’re not able to buy food, then you’re also able to buy hygiene products.”

Smith, Bastian and Cross hope to change the atmosphere of campus by addressing student concerns — creating a university where students can thrive.

“We always say it’s not enough to look at what a university has. It’s not even enough to really to look at what a university says it values. You have to look at how do students feel— and I mentioned this when we first started out — there are many students who don’t feel like this is a place where they can thrive; there are many students who don’t feel like they’re welcomed and embraced here on campus,” Cross said.

“We always talk about being realistic. We know we can’t change a campus culture in a year, but we can be the first step in that process and we can help use our platform and this movement to simply say, we want students to feel like this is a campus where they can thrive.”

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Vision: Appreciating the past, planning the future CAT TRIEU Staff Writer

Tying together the past and present to look to the future, Vision is lighting the way for the Student Government Association to celebrate the organization’s centennial anniversary.

Junior studying disability studies through the College Scholars Program Natalie Campbell, junior studying marketing Isaac Holt and junior studying business analytics Emerson Burd, are running respectively for SGA president, vice president and student services director.

Campbell has participated in SGA every year of her undergraduate career and currently serves as the SGA Chief of Staff.

“SGA was kind of the place where I could put my advocacy work,” Campbell said. “I got involved with SGA because I thought that would be place where I could exercise my voice as a student and help give others a voice as well.”

Holt, former First Year Council member, has kept himself involved with a variety of activities and organizations on campus, including Ignite, the Center for Leadership and Service, Multicultural Student Life and Student Alumni Association.

“I think the idea of supporting and assuring that (SGA) is providing opportunities to improve and advance the student body is the most important thing,” Holt said. “This is a body of students meant to be diverse, that are meant to bring these different perspectives to the table, to find a common and unified goal in improving the student experience.”

Unlike Holt and Campbell, Burd, currently serving as alumni coordinator of his fraternity Sigma Nu, will be getting involved with SGA for the first time through the campaign.

“I feel like I’ve developed a lot of skills I could bring to SGA,” Burd said. “I kind of found a place where I wanted to take those skills I’ve developed and help and serve a larger audience of students.”

By teaming up with Burd, Holt and Campbell wanted to get an outside-fromSGA perspective on how student programming should be run.

“I think it is really essential that we combine this SGA-specific knowledge that is just essential with this student perspective and not pulling people only from SGA,” Campbell said.

When coming up with and developing their campaign, Campbell and Holt aimed to be “something big and truly different” and change the course of how SGA has been run. As a result, the Vision campaign re-

From left to right: Isaac Holt, Natalie Campbell, Emerson Burd.

Rebecca Winiarski / Contributor volves around three pillars that focus on appreciating the past while planning for the future.

The first pillar is supporting past, present and future students, with the idea that current students are preparing a place “where we can send our siblings, our cousins and our friends.”

“We want everyone to feel like they could come to UT and make UT their home,” Campbell said.

Holt said that fulfilling the pillar will include looking into SGA-related issues, especially Senate and executive positions, to make sure that they “consistently are thinking about the students.”

“I think it’s really important we keep (conversations about student experiences) going and really looking at communities of students that maybe have not been supported as much as they should have,” Holt said. “I think SGA has the opportunities to build these partnerships with departments like Multicultural Student Life and the Pride Center to ensure when they have events … these things also have the opportunity to come through SGA and we are helping in marketing and funding and support.”

The second pillar is enhancing campus resources, which Campbell describes as being very much a part of her work as an undergraduate student with the UT Future program.

“We need to find what is working for students and what is not working with students,” Campbell said.

Campbell, Holt and Burd have even discussed launching a resource information campaign so that students are aware of the offices and other resources available to them on campus in a “fun and appealing way.”

The third pillar is ensuring that members of SGA fulfill their roles.

“We want to make sure that SGA is something that is overarching over all of campus and that all students feel connected to and know we are a resource for them to reach out to,” Burd said. “We want make sure we are coming to students and giving them the information.”

For Campbell, Holt and Burd, the “vision” of their campaign is to create a campus culture that aims for broad and longterm goals of inclusivity while focusing on making the everyday campus experience about students.

Even the name “Vision” itself was carefully chosen by Campbell, Holt and Burd to convey how they want to make campus and students’ experiences to be like.

“To us, vision was this big thing that had short-term and long-term goals and plans for the future; Vision was inclusive of everyone, something we could have this broad vision for the campaign and everyone could

have their own unique individual campaign that could fit within that,” Campbell said.

“Vision just felt right. It was expressive of this large thing we were trying to do and the goals we have for UT — the vision we have for UT.” For Holt, choosing the name sets the tone for what their campaigning will stand for.

“Vision really encompasses this idea of creating a culture,” Holt said. “Vision kind of sets the standard of where we’re trying to go.”

According to the three candidates, the campaign aims to focus on being positive and expressed their respect for their opponents and excitement for some friendly competition.

“We just want to keep this vibe of personality and happiness and positivity moving forward,” Burd said. “We want this to be a fun thing — building this culture through this election.”

The candidates also selected a color they believe encompasses their campaign well. “(Yellow is) a great color. It’s bright, fun, encouraging, uplifting, happy and strong; it has a depth and force to it,” Campbell said.

“That’s how I felt I wanted the campaign to be. Vision and yellow felt really good because it was illuminating and we wanted to illuminate this vision for students.”

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‘Chalk Walk’ to brighten Knoxville this weekend BAILEY FRITZ Staff Writer

Knoxville’s annual Chalk Walk will return for its eleventh year in Knoxville this Saturday, April 6.

The event will be located downtown in Market Square and Krutch Park, running from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with an awards announcement for all of the participating artists at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The Chalk Walk, organized by local nonprofit Dogwood Arts, combines the visual and performing arts by challenging artists to create a masterpiece in a short period of time. Thousands of attendees head downtown each year to experience this live art competition.

Over one hundred and fifty artists will be painting the sidewalks this year. They include families, young, emerging artists and professionals. All will partake in painting their own respective spaces with chalk, pastels — creating beautiful, colorful works of art. Cash prizes and ribbons are awarded to select artists who have created imaginative and inspiring artworks in their

age division.

Mary Beth Ward, student at Pellissippi Community College, took part in the Chalk Walk last year and is planning on participating this year as well.

The Chalk Walk is a sense of pride for us, and knowing that we have been able to give back to our community is the best feeling in the world.

KATHY SLOCUM DOGWOOD ARTS MEMBER

“My favorite part about the Chalk Walk is seeing everyone else’s take on it and how cool chalk is because you don’t really see anyone use that medium often. I’m excited to see new people this year along with their artwork, and I am also excited to compete against new people because it pushes me to try new things for next year,” Ward said.

The Chalk Walk is sponsored by ORNL Federal Credit Union, Doug’s Other Honey and First Tennessee Bank. Additional sup-

port comes from Jerry’s Artarama and Status Dough Donuts.

Kathy Slocum, member of Dogwood Arts, introduced the idea of a chalk walk event to the Dogwood Arts organization twelve years ago. This year marks the eleventh year for Chalk Walk, and she has helped sponsor the event as well as organize it.

“The Chalk Walk has given the public a chance to actually participate in an event, brighten the sidewalks of Market Square, as well as entertain crowds of people all at once. It’s a wonderful family event for the artists as well as the onlookers,” Slocum said.

Additionally, the Chalk Walk grows every year in size as well as putting on different forms of entertainment for the audience.

“This year we have a record amount of participants and hopefully a record number of attendees ... we will have a presentation

by Knoxville’s Carpet Bag theater group while folks wait for the presentation on stage. We are also excited to have more college students participating this year; a few have done it since middle school or high school,” Slocum said.

Many at Dogwood Arts and all around Knoxville are anticipating the event.

An artist’s chalk art is on display at the Chalk Walk in Market Square on April 21, 2018.

File / The Daily Beacon “The Chalk Walk is a sense of pride for us, and knowing that we have been able to give back to our community is the best feeling in the world. Dogwood Arts is one of the treasures of Knoxville,” Slocum said.

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SPORTS

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Alerick Soularie helping power Tennessee’s lineup RYAN SCHUMPERT Staff Writer

When Alerick Soularie, better known as Al around the clubhouse, signed with Tennessee last year, head coach Tony Vitello knew he was getting a competitor.

He probably didn’t know just how good of a baseball player he was getting.

Soularie wasn’t in the lineup for Tennessee on opening day and spent most of the first two weeks of the season in and out of the lineup, mostly serving as a designated hitter. It didn’t take Soularie long to find his footing and become one of the Vols’ best players, though.

He was a two-sport star in high school, playing football and baseball at Atascocita High School in Houston, Texas. Despite being an All-State player in high school, the 5-foot11 right hander found himself in junior college after he graduated.

Soularie attended San Jacinto Community College for a season, where he earned NCJAA Third-Team All-American honors after a season where he hit .400 with 10 home runs.

His strong season at the junior college level drew the attention of many coaches, but Vitello was able to lean on his strong recruiting ties to the state of Texas to secure Soularie’s

signature.

The difference from playing at a junior college to playing in the SEC is large, but it’s also just going out and playing the game the way you have your whole life.

“Sometimes guys trick themselves into thinking that it’s something different and special,” Vitello said. “And yeah, it is special and different in the fact that there is more TV, more media, more fans, but it’s the same ole’ competition.”

For Soularie, it has been a change in preparation that has been his biggest adjustment.

“I have to prepare myself a different way from juco,” Soularie said. “I feel like I’ve learned more about the game since I’ve been here, so I just take that from practice and put it on the field.”

On the field, Soularie is a do it all player. The sophomore leads Tennessee in batting average and home runs, and he’s second on the team in RBIs. He hasn’t started seven of the Vols’ first 30 games.

His .383 batting average ranks him 77th in the nation. His seven homers tie him for the 47th most in in the nation. His slugging percentage of .691 is by far the best on the team and good enough to rank 38th in the country.

“Just being himself, and relying on that swing that’s got him a lot of success in the past is good to see,” Vitello said. “I think he’s

getting more and more comfortable.”

Soularie’s production hasn’t dropped in SEC play. His calm and collected approach hasn’t changed against some of the nation’s best pitchers and it shows, as he’s hit .407 with six RBIs in the Vols’ nine conference games.

He can do it all at the plate, but that’s not the only place his production shows. Soularie can play all over the field, though he’s mostly settled at left field, where the sophomore routinely makes impressive plays.

Just this past weekend at Vanderbilt, Soularie made a pair of big time plays, including a tough leaping catch at the wall in Saturday’s 10-4 loss and a huge sliding catch that helped save a run in the Vols’ 7-6 win over the Commodores on Sunday.

On the base path, Soularie’s speed shows, as he’s third on the team in stolen bases, successfully taking four bases in his five attempts on the season.

Tennessee’s offense was in need of good bats for 2019. Soularie has helped provide just that. With seven SEC series left in the season, the Vols are hoping that his production in the cleanup spot continues.

If it does, Tennessee will make the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2016, and might just make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005.

Alerick Soularie, #1, during game against Belmont on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

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Bone to enter NBA Draft, thanks fans for support on Twitter BLAKE VON HAGEN Sports Editor

Tennessee guard Jordan Bone will enter the NBA Draft process.

Coming off a standout junior season, the Vols’ point guard announced his decision on social media Wednesday afternoon.

“I am now blessed to have the opportunity to enter the 2019 NBA Draft, showcase my abilities for NBA personnel and receive valuable feedback that will help me continue to develop,” Bone said in the video. “I plan to make the most of this opportunity and use the experience and feedback to make the most informed decision possible about my basketball future.”

Bone can go through the NBA Draft process and choose to return to school for his senior year prior to May 29. The draft is on June 20.

He averaged 13.5 points per game, along with 5.8 assists and 3.2 rebounds. Bone shot the ball at a 46.5 percent clip.

“I am going to lean on my family as well as Coach Barnes and the staff here at Tennessee through these next steps. We are all in this together. I know I have the support of Tennessee fans everywhere as we work through this process. Go Vols and God bless.”

Bone shot a career-best 83.5 percent from the charity stripe. He also made 50 of 141 attempts from 3-point land.

In an interview with 247Sports, Bone made it clear that being drafted is his top priority.

“Well you know that there is always a chance that I come back but honestly if I put myself in a position to go then I’m going all in,” Bone said.

“It’s a once in a lifetime chance and not many people can say that they’re in the position. I’m extremely blessed to be in my position but if the opportunity is there to take then I’m going to take it.”

Bone has shown vast improvement during his time as a Vol. He averaged 7.2 points per game and 2.9 assists during his freshman year. Bone averaged 7.3 points and 3.5 assists the following year.

He believes his style translates to the next level.

“Honestly, I believe I’m the best in the country but I feel like I’ve put myself in a position to (go pro), with my growth over the past couple of years,” Bone told 247Sports. “I feel like I have different things about my game that I believe will translate at the net level greatly as far as speed, athleticism, IQ in different situations and things like that.

“I just know it’s going to translate and just the different attributes about my game that

#0, Jordan Bone, leaves the court smiling after a major win against the Univeristy of Kentucky at Thompson-Boling Saturday March 2, 2019. Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon help it translate in the next level.”

In the video posted to his Twitter page, Bone thanked Tennessee fans for their support this season.

“Your incredible support this season meant the absolute world to me and my teammates. It was a very special year and you played a major role in making it so much fun. Wearing the Tennessee uniform is an incredible honor for

me and something I honestly cherish.

“I have grown so much, personally and athletically, these last three years.”

Junior forward Grant Williams, who won his second consecutive SEC Player of the Year Award and was named an AP All-American, could also declare for the NBA Draft. Williams scored 18.8 points per game and grabbed 7.5 rebounds per contest.