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NIU Scholar Athletes of the Week: May 4-10

May 11, 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 Brian Sisler of baseball and Alexandra Schad of women's track & field.

NIU student-athletes have won 10 times during the 2014-15 season, tied for the most in the conference.

NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (May 4 to May 10)

Brian Sisler



Alexandra Schad

MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Baseball Sport: Track & Field
Year: Junior Year: Senior
Position: Shortstop Position: Jumps
GPA: 3.44 GPA: 3.95
Major: Business Administration Major: Pre-Physical Therapy
Week's Achievements:

Brian Sisler hit his second home run of the season and added to his team-leading runs-batted-in tally for the NIU baseball team last weekend. The junior shortstop helped the Huskies beat Western Michigan in game one of their series last weekend with a go-ahead RBI sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. In game two, Sisler smacked his second roundtripper of the season down the right field line to lead off the bottom of the first by giving NIU the lead. Sisler leads NIU with 29 runs batted in this season.

Week's Achievements:

Alexandra Schad enjoyed a fine Senior Day for the NIU women's track & field team, finishing in the top four of both of her two events at the Huskie Open with some of her best marks of the senior. The senior jumper took third in the triple jump with a 10.69-meter effort -- the second best of her collegiate career -- and she nabbed fourth place in the long jump with a 5.22-meter leap. Schad's contributions, which won her team 11 points, helped the NIU track & field team win its home meet with a total of 219.0 points, making it the second victorious team meet of the season for the Huskies.

Previous Honorees
Week of April 27-May 3

Jordan Wetsch

Kayti Grable

Week of April 20-April 26

Johnny Zubek

Lena Gautier

Week of April 13-April 19

Frederic Cadieux

Kali Kossakowski

Week of April 6-April 12

Frederic Cadieux

Michaela Dwyer

Week of March 30-April 5

Carlos Manzanas - Won MAC Award

Emily Naegele

Week of March 23-March 29

Joo-Young Lee

Jessica Sturm

Week of March 16-March 22

Justin Fletcher

Nelle Youel - Won MAC Award

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

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