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NIU Scholar Athletes of the Week: Feb. 15-22

Feb. 23, 2015 DeKALB, Ill. - Each week, NIU honors two student-athletes that exemplify the concept of the "student-athlete" supremely well. These students excel both in the classroom and on the playing field. This week, the honorees are Frederic Cadieux from men's tennis and Amanda Stepp of women's gymnastics.

NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (February 16 to 22)

Frederic Cadieux




Amanda Stepp

MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Men's Tennis Sport: Gymnastics
Year: Senior Year: Senior
Position: No. 1 Singles Position: Vault, Beam, Floor
GPA: 3.86 GPA: 3.57
Major: Business Administration Major: Nursing
Week's Achievements: Frederic Cadieux picked up a win in the No. 1 singles match that proved decisive and helped the NIU men’s tennis team earn its first road victory of the season, winning at Butler on Saturday, 4-3. Cadieux defeated Austin Woldmoe in the top singles matchup, rallying from a set down to take the match by winning the final two sets in dominant fashion, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0. The NIU senior has now won four of his last five matches overall. Week's Achievements: Amanda Stepp led the Huskies to another impressive victory over the weekend, winning the vault and beam events to help the NIU gymnastics team record its second consecutive plus-195.000 score and third straight win. With the help of Stepp’s meet-high scores of 9.850 score in the vault and 9.875 mark in the beam, as well as her 9.575 mark on the floor, the Huskies defeated Southeast Missouri, 195.400 to 193.300 to improve to 8-2 overall.
Previous Honorees
Weeks of February 9-February 15

Brian Sisler

Samantha Coyne

Weeks of February 2-February 8

Simon Formont

Amanda Corral - Won MAC Award

Weeks of January 26-February 1

Anthony Johnson

Amanda Corral

Weeks of January 19-January 25

Simon Formont - Won MAC Award

Nelle Youel - Won MAC Award

Weeks of January 12-January 18

Anthony Johnson

Jenna Thorp

Weeks of January 5-January 11

Anthony Johnson

Amanda Stepp

Weeks of Winter Break

Anthony Johnson

Amanda Corral

Week of December 2-December 8

Drew Hare - Won MAC Award

Sidra Sherrill

Week of November 25-December 1

Jason Meehan

Amanda Corral

Week of November 18-November 24

Akeem Daniels

Jenna Radtke

Week of November 11-November 17

Andrew Morse

Mackenzie Roddy

Week of November 4-November 10

Ryan Brown

Mary Grace Kelly

Week of October 28-November 3

Richard Hall

Alex Elias

Week of October 21-October 27

Drew Hare

Nicole Gobbo

Week of October 14-October 20

Rob Sterling

Emily Paschke

Week of October 7-October 13

Andrew Glaeser

Mackenzie Roddy - Won MAC Award

Week of September 30-October 6

Sean Folliard

Jess Wooldridge

Week of September 23-September 29

Bertrand Gaschot

Gwen Sabo

Week of September 16-September 22

Simon Formont

Lauren Zielinksi

Week of September 9-September 15

Bertrand Gaschot

Connie Ellett

Week of September 2-September 8

Drew Hare - Won MAC Award

Allie McBride

Week of August 27-September 1

Akeem Daniels

Mackenzie Roddy - Won MAC Award

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