March 27, 2002
CLEVELAND, OH- Western Michigan's Kylie Schultz (track & field) and
Ravishankar Pathanjali (tennis) were named the MAC Scholar Athletes of
the Week on March 26, 2002.
Schultz (Sr., 3.94, art, Clare, Mich.) placed second out of 17 runners
in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 37:30.99. She was the second
Bronco finisher behind teammate Sarah Hinkley. Schultz helped the
Broncos earn three of the top-five finishes in the event.
Pathanjali (So., 3.41, business, Tamilnadu, India) went 2-0 last week,
earning wins in both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles positions. He
beat Francisco Valencia 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and teamed with
Rayn Maarschalk for a 8-6 win over Matt Cole and Jason Cole at No. 1
doubles. Pathanjali leads the team in overall wins (36) despite playing
nearly the entire season at the No. 1 positions. He earned a perfect
4.0 GPA last semester.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and
female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0
or better and performs well during that week's competition. The winners
are selected by one of the conference's faculty athletic
representatives.
Female Nominees:
Akron: Rianne Hess (softball, Sr., 3.21, sports medicine, Vancouver,
Wash.) belted three home runs last weekend as the Zips completed a
three-game sweep over Miami to improve to 11-5 overall, 3-0 in the MAC.
Hess was only 3-of-12 at the plate, but her three home runs resulted in
five RBI and three runs scored.
Bowling Green: Jessie Milosek (softball, Sr., 3.85, human movement
science, Brighton, Mich.) went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA as the Falcons posted
a three-game sweep of visiting Marshall to open MAC play. The three
games were BGSU's only action of the week. Milosek threw a complete-game
eight-hitter, allowing just two earned runs in a 6-3 win in the series
opener Saturday (March 23). She struck out three batters and did not
issue a walk in improving to 4-1 on the year. She threw 95 pitches in
the complete-game win. On the season, Milosek has a team-best 1.75 ERA.
BGSU is 10-9 overall and 3-0 in the MAC.
Buffalo: Sarah Fletcher (track & field, Sr., 3.20, social sciences,
Ridgeway, Ontario) won two events at the Wake Forest Relays. She scored
victories in the hammer throw (170'9") and discus (142'2") to lead the
team at the non-scoring meet. She missed the 2001 outdoor and 2002
indoor seasons due to injury.
Eastern Michigan: Lisa D'Amelio (tennis, Jr., 3.80, physical education,
Melbourne, Australia) was perfect at No. 2 singles and in her doubles
play at No. 1 with fellow Australian Rebecca Hawkins. Against Northern
Illinois, D'Amelio defeated Tanja Sukovic, 6-3, 6-2, in singles and
teamed with Hawkins to defeat Savic and Heshelman, 8-4. In the dramatic
come-from-behind win at Western Michigan (4-3), D'Amelio teamed with
Hawkins to get EMU's only win at doubles over Frederika Girsang and
Melanie Remynse, 8-4, and then rallied in singles against Girsang after
losing a first-set tiebreaker to spark EMU to the win with her 6-7 (7),
6-4, 6-3 win. D'Amelio is now 27-6 in singles this season and 28-3 in
doubles with Hawkins.
Marshall: Alice Sakner (tennis, So., 3.78, business, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 singles last week. She was
4-0 on that weekend at No. 1 doubles. Sakner is 11-2 on the season in
singles action and 11-3 in doubles. Her season highlight was a win over
No. 43 Maren Haus of Wake Forest.
Miami: Angie Gerber (softball, Jr., 3.00, organizational leadership,
LaSalle, Mich.) hit .556 (5-for-9), slugged 1.000 in Miami's three-game
series with Akron last weekend. In Saturday's doubleheader, she went
2-for-3 in a 3-0 loss, then 1-for-3 in a 7-3 defeat. Gerber provided
all of the RedHawks' offense on Sunday in an 8-3 loss to the Zips with a
two-run home run and an RBI double. As Miami's first baseman, she made
zero errors in 17 chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage on the
weekend.
Male Nominees:
Bowling Green: Kerry Koontz (track and field, So., 3.33, construction
management & technology, Bowling Green, Ohio) recorded a first-place
showing in the pole vault at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He
earned a mark of 14'11" to win the event by over 5 1/2 inches. Koontz
finished ahead of athletes from schools that included Wisconsin, Ole
Miss, Louisville, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Drake.
Eastern Michigan: Greg Anglin (baseball, Jr., 3.05, secondary
education/social studies, Ypsilanti, Mich.) helped lead the Eagles to a
4-2 week, including taking three-of-four games on the road at Ohio in
non-conference action. He hit .333 on the week with a slugging
percentage of. 792. The outfielder had a pair of triples and a home run
to knock in six RBI in the win over Siena Heights. Against Ohio, he was
5-for-15 (.333) with six runs scored and two RBI. He scored eight runs
this week and also had eight RBI total for the six games. With his four
triples this week, he has already tied his career-high of five triples
from last season.
Marshall: Greg Hiller (baseball, R-Fr., 3.61, undecided, Corning, N.Y.)
went 2-for-4 with two runs, four RBIs, a double and a home run in
Marshall's win over Toledo.
Miami: Nick Somerville (track & field, So., 3.28, finance,
Indianapolis, Ind.) garnered third-place finishes in the long jump and
triple jump and a seventh-place finish in the high jump at last
Saturday's UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational. His triple jump mark of
47'3.75" bested his previous best by more than a foot-and-a-half. The
reigning MAC champion in the long jump, Somerville leapt 24'1.75" in
that event, the second best mark of his career. He also cleared 5'11"
in the high jump, for a seventh-place finish. Somerville was Miami's
top scorer at the meet with 26 points. The RedHawks finished second at
the meet behind Cornell, 300-273.
Toledo: Mitch Maier (baseball, So., 3.16, management, Novi, Mich.) hit
.412 (7-for-17) in the Rockets' four games with three doubles, one
homerun and five RBIs. He had a .765 slugging percentage and a .444
on-base hitting percentage.
Previous Winners:
Female
Week 1 (Sept. 5) Amanda Kulikowski, EMU (soccer)
Week 2 (Sept. 11) Katie Kuzior, UA (volleyball)
Week 3 (Sept. 18) MAC competition cancelled
Week 4 (Sept. 25) Andrea Kremer, MIA (cross country)
Week 5 (Oct. 2) Megan Ramey, WMU (soccer)
Week 6 (Oct. 9) Jennifer Eaton, MIA (volleyball)
Week 7 (Oct. 16) Frederika Girsang, WMU (tennis)
Week 8 (Oct. 23) Allison Campbell, CMU (soccer)
Week 9 (Oct. 30) Brianna Shook, UT (cross country)
Week 10 (Nov. 6) Emily Nayes, MIA (swimming)
Week 11 (Nov. 13) Caty Rommeck, BGSU (volleyball)
Week 12 (Nov. 20) Carmen Malone, WMU (volleyball)
Week 13 (Nov. 27) Andrea Kremer, MIA (cross country)
Week 14 (Dec. 4) Kate Miller, KSU (basketball)
Week 15 (Dec. 11) Colleen Day, MIA (basketball)
Week 16 (Jan. 8) Dru Bishop, EMU (basketball)
Week 17 (Jan. 15) Stefanie Wenzel, BGSU (basketball)
Week 18 (Jan. 22) Teresa Kahle, UT (basketball)
Week 19 (Jan. 29) Shani Charles, EMU (basketball)
Week 20 (Feb. 5) Maria Derezinski, CMU (track & field)
Week 21 (Feb. 12) Jessica Kochendorfer, UB (basketball)
Week 22 (Feb. 19) Suzy Bozin, CMU (track & field)
Week 23 (Feb. 26) Maria Derezinski, CMU (track & field)
Week 24 (Mar. 5) Emily Nayes, MIA (swimming)
Week 25 (Mar. 12) Suzy Bozin, CMU (track & field)
Week 26 (Mar. 19) Marny Oestreng, BGSU (gymnastics)
Week 27 (Mar 26) Kylie Schultz, WMU (track & field)
Male
Week 1 (Sept. 5) Zac Derr, UA (football)
Week 2 (Sept. 11) Thomas Hammock, NIU (football)
Week 3 (Sept. 18) MAC competition cancelled
Week 4 (Sept. 25) Andy Avery, UB (football)
Week 5 (Oct. 2) Brian Godsey, MIA (cross country)
Week 6 (Oct. 9) Bill Norberg, UB (soccer)
Week 7 (Oct. 16) Ben Roethlisberger, MIA (football)
Week 8 (Oct. 23) Brian Hallett, KSU (football)
Week 9 (Oct. 30) Rob Turner, CMU (football)
Week 10 (Nov. 6) John Bartlet, EMU (swimming)
Week 11 (Nov. 13) Brian Godsey, MIA (cross country)
Week 12 (Nov. 20) Josh Harris, BGSU (football)
Week 13 (Nov. 27) Chris Haneline, BGSU (football)
Week 14 (Dec. 4) Todd France, UT (football)
Week 15 (Dec. 11) Jared Opfer, KSU (wrestling)
Week 16 (Jan. 8) David Webber, EMU (basketball)
Week 17 (Jan. 15) Dale Cowper, WMU (track & field)
Week 18 (Jan. 22) Steve Pettyjohn, EMU (basketball)
Week 19 (Jan. 29) Zach Riley, BSU (track & field)
Week 20 (Feb. 5) Brian Hallett, KSU (track & field)
Week 21 (Feb. 12) Jeff Luhn, EMU (swimming)
Week 22 (Feb. 19) Nick Moore, UT (basketball)
Week 23 (Feb. 26) Brandon Pardon, BGSU (basketball)
Week 24 (Mar. 5) J.R. VanHoose, MAR (basketball)
Week 25 (Mar. 12) Jeff Luhn, EMU (swimming)
Week 26 (Mar. 19) Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo, BGSU (tennis)
Week 27 (Mar. 26) Ravishankar Pathanjali, WMU (tennis)