March 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 Justin Fletcher of baseball and Nelle Youel of women's tennis.

These two Huskies have been nominated to the MAC for the league's Scholar Athlete of the Week award, which NIU student-athletes have won eight times during the 2014-15 season, the second most in the conference.

NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (March 16 to 22)
Justin Fletcher	Nelle Youel
MALE RECIPIENT	FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport:Baseball	Sport: Women's Tennis
Year: Junior	Year: Senior
Position: Second Baseman	Position: No. 1 Singles
GPA: 3.92	GPA: 4.0
Major: Business Administration	Major: Pre-Physical Therapy with Spanish minor
Week's Achievements:Justin Fletcher helped the NIU baseball team begin MAC play with a series victory against Buffalo. For the week, the junior second baseman posted a .467 on-base percentage, which included two hits with one double, four walks drawn, one hit-by-pitch, two runs scored and a perfect fielding percentage against the Bulls with a team-high 12 assists. Fletcher scored the game-winning run in Friday's series-opening 3-1 win against Buffalo, which helped the Huskies win their first series of the MAC season for the first time since 2010.	Week's Achievements:Nelle Youel started MAC play just like she went through her nonconference slate - by winning all of her matches and making history. The NIU senior No. 1 singles player maintained her undefeated record in 2015 by beating the top singles players of Bowling Green and Miami - Megan Miller and Alix Thurman, respectively - both in straight sets. She helped the Huskies women's tennis team win its conference opener for the first time since 2009 by beating the Falcons for the first time since 2004. Youel is now 14-0 in singles and, with her 10-0 record in No. 1 doubles with partner Cristina Alvarez, she is now 24-0 overall this spring.
Previous Honorees
Week of Spring Break
Tony Brandner	Amanda Stepp
Week of March 2-March 8
Anthony Johnson	Megan Greenfield
Week of February 23-March 1
Simon Formont- Won MAC Award	Julianne Cronin
Week of February 16-February 22
Frederic Cadieux	Amanda Stepp
Week of February 9-February 15
Brian Sisler	Samantha Coyne
Week of February 2-February 8
Simon Formont	Amanda Corral- Won MAC Award
Week of January 26-February 1
Anthony Johnson	Amanda Corral
Week of January 19-January 25
Simon Formont- Won MAC Award	Nelle Youel- Won MAC Award
Week of January 12-January 18
Anthony Johnson	Jenna Thorp
Week 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