This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior women’s tennis player Shannon Sollars. This season, Orange had its fifth straight winning season and Sollars had the most overall wins of any player on the team. Sollars played at #2 singles and had a record of 12-1. She also qualified for the Mideast Regionals as a doubles player with her sister, Erinn. Shannon and Erinn finished with a 14-3 record. Last year, Erinn and Shannon qualified for the 3A State Doubles championship. Orange also qualified for the 3A State Dual Team Playoffs this year. Last week, in its opening round match against Cedar Ridge, Erinn and Shannon Sollars defeated Cameron Mayhew and Adeline Cummings 9-8, winning the tiebreaker 7-5 as the Lady Panthers were narrowly defeated by the Red Wolves. In the 3A Mideast Regionals, the Sollars sisters defeated a team from Harnett Central to advance to the second round. Shannon has been a member of the varsity team since her freshman year. During that time, Orange advanced to the second round of the State Team Tournament in 2021 and 2022. As a sophomore, she was a starter on the 2022 team that won the Central Carolina Conference Championship, the first tennis team in Orange High history to win a conference title.