CLEVELAND (Nov. 13, 2000) -- Miami's Cassie Eakins (diving) and Eastern Michigan's
Blake McDowell (cross country) were named the MAC Scholar Athletes of
the Week on November 14, 2000.
McDowell (Sr., 3.54, accounting, Reynoldsburg, Ohio) continued his
stellar season, finishing second at the NCAA Cross Country Great Lakes
regional with a 10K time of 30:40.8. He finished as the runner-up, after
leading most of the race, by just 0.9 seconds and would have qualified
for the 2000 NCAAs as an individual. However, he led the Eagles to a
second-place team finish also, qualifying the squad for the 2000 NCAA
Cross Country Championships in Ames, Iowa in two weeks. This is the
first time since 1992 and the seventh time under retiring head coach Bob
Parks that EMU has qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships.
Eakins (Sr., 3.12, accountancy, Xenia, Ohio) swept both diving events
to help Miami to a 147-91 win over Wright State in the RedHawks lone
meet of the week. Eakins led a strong Miami diving corp, which took four
of the top five places in the one-meter, paved by Eakins first-place
finish with a score of 256.80. Again in the three-meter event, Miami
captured four of the top five finishes led by Eakins 267.86 first-place
finish.
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: Ashlie Case (volleyball, So., 4.00, philosophy, Youngstown,
Ohio) picked up her eighth double-double of the season with 14 kills and
21 digs in a 3-1 win over Buffalo. It was the third time this year that
she has reached the 20-plus dig mark. In her last two matches, Case has
recorded 44 digs for an average of 4.88 per game.
Buffalo: Carrie Quinlan (swimming, Jr., 3.55, political science,
Amherst, N.Y.) won two individual events and was part of both of UB's
winning relay squads as the Bulls beat St. Bonaventure 185-115. It was
the first time the Bulls had beaten the Bonnies since January 31, 1989
and the first time since UB joined the Division I ranks in 1991. Quinlan
took the 50 freestyle in 25.12 and 100 butterfly in 58.99.
Eastern Michigan: Sara Schaub, (volleyball, Sr., 3.86, accounting,
Huron, Ohio) posted a pair of double-doubles and led the Eagles to a 1-1
record this week, including a dramatic five-game win over Northern
Illinois. Schaub had 14 kills and a team season-high 28 digs against
Northern Illinois and followed it up with 14 kills and 17 digs against
Kent State. She also added a service ace and five block assists on the
weekend.
Kent State: Carrie McEnery (volleyball, Sr., 3.30, elementary education,
Orland Park, Ill.) recently reached the 1,000-kill, 1,000-dig mark in a
career, Nov. 11 in a win over Eastern Michigan, becoming only the third
Kent State volleyball player to reach that mark. She led the Golden
Flashes with 10 kills in a 3-0 win over Marshall Nov. 10. McEnery had a
double-double in Kent State's 3-0 win over Eastern Michigan Nov. 11 with
11 kills and 20 digs. She is averaging 2.76 kills and 3.23 digs per
game.
Western Michigan: Zakiya Pope (volleyball, Jr., 3.25, textile and
apparel studies, East Lansing, Mich.) totaled 18 kills and seven blocks
in two victories over the weekend. She had 15 kills and hit .423 in a
four-game win over Toledo. She also had five blocks in the match.
Against Central Michigan, Pope recorded 13 kills and a hitting
percentage of .393 in a three-game sweep. She finished the weekend with
a .407 hitting percentage. Pope leads WMU in kills (293), hitting
percentage (.347), and total blocks (97). She ranks third in the MAC in
hitting percentage and sixth in blocks per game (1.13). The team has
now won 14 straight matches, losing just a total of five games in those
14 matches. It is the longest winning streak for WMU since 1987.
Male Nominees:
Buffalo: Marquis Dwarte (football, R-Fr., 3.24, psychology, Baltimore,
Md.) rushed for a career high 163 yards on 24 carries in UB's 49-14 loss
at Akron. The redshirt freshman's 100-yard effort was the third time
that UB has had a rusher go over 100 yards in a game as the Bulls rushed
for 243 yards on the game - their second-best effort of the season.
Miami: Kevin Mulgrew (swimming, Jr., 3.53, psychology, Malden, Mass.)
posted first-place finishes in both of his events to lead Miami to
133-110 win over Wright State and earned a first- and third-place finish
over Penn State. Against Wright State, Mulgrew posted wins in the 1,000
and 500 freestyle events and was one of only two RedHawks to take top
honors in two events. This was the second time in four meets he has won
both events. Mulgrew was one of only three RedHawks to win an event
against the Nittany Lions, capturing the 500 freestyle. He also placed
third in the 1,000 freestyle, only the first time this season he has not
won the event.
Ohio: Dave Zastudil, (football, Jr., 3.04, marketing and finance, Bay
Village, Ohio) booted season high eight punts for a 41.0 average, but he
got five of the eight to land inside the 20. He had a long kick of 56
yards into the wind. Six of the eight punts were from the Ohio 35 (own
35) or better with two from Bowling Green territory.
Toledo: Bryan Franzen (swimming & diving, Jr., 3.01, exercise science,
Phoenix, Ariz.) established a personal best (268.12 pts.) in winning the
three-meter diving against Oakland last Friday. He also won the
one-meter in addition to both events versus Kenyon College on Saturday.
Western Michigan: Tim Morehouse (cross country, Jr., 3.29,
pre-engineering, Clawson, Mich.) finished 41st at the NCAA Great Lakes
Regional, which was third on the team. He helped the Broncos to an
11th-place finish out of 31 teams. Morehouse is also a member of the
indoor and outdoor track and field teams.
Previous Winners Female
Week 1 (9/5) Ashlie Case, Akron (volleyball)
Week 2 (9/11) Julie Zylka, BSU (volleyball)
Week 3 (9/19) Sara Schaub, EMU (volleyball)
Week 4 (9/26) Erika Flanders, BGSU (soccer)
Week 5 (10/3) Amber Vorst, BGSU (volleyball)
Week 6 (10/10) Jacki Waller, Ohio (cross country)
Week 7 (10/17) Kristin Gamby, BGSU (volleyball)
Week 8 (10/24) Colleen Conway, BSU (field hockey)
Week 9 (10/31) Beth Young, MIA (field hockey)
Week 10 (11/7) Emily Bresser, Ohio (swimming)
Week 11 (11/14) Cassie Eakins, MIA (diving)
Previous Winners Male
Week 1 (9/5) Jim Harding, Toledo (football)
Week 2 (9/11) Eddie Tillitz, Miami (football)
Week 3 (9/19) Todd France, Toledo (football)
Week 4 (9/26) Brian Godsey, MIA (cross country)
Week 5 (10/3) Brian Godsey, MIA (cross country)
Zac Derr, Akron (football)
Week 6 (10/10) Kevin Kornowa, Toledo (golf)
Week 7 (10/17) Kevin Kornowa, Toledo (golf)
Week 8 (10/24) rjan Bjnes, Akron (soccer)
Week 9 (10/31) Karoly Bozan, KSU (cross country)
Week 10 (11/7) Brian Potter, MIA (football)
Week 11 (11/14) Blake McDowell, EMU (cross country)