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Scholar Athletes of the Week (March 14-20)

March 21, 2011

NIU SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (March 14-20)

Zach Oates

Kelsie Passolt

MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Baseball
 Sport: Women's Golf
Position: Pitcher
 Position:
Year: Senior
 Year: Sophomore
GPA: 3.22
 GPA: 3.873
Major: Business
 Major: Mass Communication/Broadcast Journalism
Week's Achievements: Zach Oates breezed through an impressive complete-game shutout against Illinois, scattering three singles and a walk with five strikeouts to nail down his first win of 2011. The Wheaton, Ill., native’s performance was the first shutout hurled by a Huskie pitcher since Nick Hall turned the trick March 4, 2006 at Southern Illinois.  The senior now has a sterling 2.93 ERA and is keeping opposing batters to a .233 batting average against him in 27.2 innings over four starts this season.
 Week's Achievements: Kelsie Passolt improved by two strokes with a final round 78 to net a 15th place finish at the 25th Annual Snowbird Intercollegiate.  The sophomore led the Huskies with a two-day total of 158 as the team posted its best round of the spring (322) for a seventh place finish.
PREVIOUS HONOREES
Week of August 30 - September 5

 

Alan Baxter

 

Mary Kurisch
Week of September 6-12

 

Chandler Harnish

 

Courtney Oldenburg
Week of September 13-19

 

Kyle Knotek

Kristin Hoffman
Week of September 20-26

Keith Otis

Allison McGlaughlin
Week of September 27 - October 3

Andrew Frame

Allie Parthie
Week of October 4-10

Chandler Harnish

Maddie Hughes
Week of October 11-17

Jeff Dick

Allison McGlaughlin
Week of October 18-24

Jake Coffman

Kelsey Passaglia
Week of October 25-31

Kyle Knotek

Kristin Hoffman
Week of November 1-7

Engebreth Faerden

Mary Kurisch

Week of November 8-14

Mike Krause

Kristin Hoffman

Week of November 15-21

Xavier Silas

Maddie Hughes

Week of November 22-28

Jake Coffman

Courtney Shelton

Week of November 29-December 5

Xavier Silas

Kim Davis

Week of December 13-19

Chandler Harnish

Courtney Shelton

Week of December 27-January 2

Xavier Silas

Kim Davis

Week of January 24-30

Xavier Silas

Courtney Oldenburg
Week of January 31-February 6

Vince Castillo

Courtney Shelton

Week of February 7-13

Brad Dieckhaus

Kim Davis

Week of February 14-20

Brad Dieckhaus

Jenelle McCalla

Week of February 21-27

Jeff Dick

Jenner Sio

Week of Feb. 28-Mar. 6

Brad Dieckhaus

Natalie Sutter

Week of March 7-13

Jessica Watanabe

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