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NIU Scholar Athletes of the Week: April 11-17

April 18, 2016 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 Brandon Mallder of baseball and Carly Pederson of track & field.

These Huskies have been nominated for the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week awards, which NIU student-athletes won 10 times during the 2014-15 season, tied for the most in the conference, and have already won seven times this year as well.

NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (April 11-April 17)



Brandon Mallder



Carly Pederson
MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Baseball Sport: Track & Field
Year: Junior Year: Junior
Position: 1B / LF Position: Distance
GPA: 3.67 GPA: 3.91
Major: Accountancy Major: Nursing
Week's Achievements:
Brandon Mallder batted .500 last week and had at least one hit in each game as the NIU baseball team won at UIC and took an away MAC series at Western Michigan. The junior was a single machine for the Huskies, with all seven of his hits in 14 at-bats coming via the base knock. Mallder, who tallied six runs scored, five runs batted in, one stole base and a perfect field percentage for the week, also walked five times over the four games, finishing with an on-base percentage of .632 last week.
 Week's Achievements:
Carly Pederson continued her remarkable improvement this season as a distance runner for the NIU track & field team with a top-30 finish at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in the 5,000 meters. Pederson, who has been setting personal records in numerous events all season and was one of just a few Huskies to compete at Mt. SAC near Los Angeles, bettered her previous best in the event by almost 30 seconds as the junior runner crossed the line in 17:46.82.
Previous Honorees
Week of April 4-April 11

Brian Sisler

Lena Gautier
Week of March 28-April 3

Tom Hjertonsson

Alison Olson
Week of March 21-March 27

Brandon Mallder

Kayti Grable
Week of March 14-March 20

Joo-Young Lee

Kali Kossakowski
Week of March 7-March 13

Brian Sisler

Connie Ellett - Won MAC Award
Week of March 1-March 6

Austin Eicher

Courtney Dowdell
Week of February 22-February 29

Justin Fletcher - Won MAC Award

Emily Naegele
Week of February 15-February 21

Joo-Young Lee

Emily Naegele
Week of February 8-February 14

Carlos Manzanas - Won MAC Award

Megan Greenfield
Week of February 1-February 7

Tom Hjertonsson

Kelsey Hildreth
Week of January 25-January 31

Andrew Morse

Cassidy Glenn
Week of January 18-January 24

Tom Hjertonsson

Abigail Dekkinga
Week of January 11-January 17

Austin Eicher

Megan Greenfield
Week of January 4-January 10

Chuks Iroegbu

Kedisha Dallas
Weeks of Winter Break

Quinton Rosser

Kelly Smith
Week of November 30-December 6

Andrew Ness

Lorena Martin
Week of November 23-November 29

William Lee

Lacia Gorman - Won MAC Award
Week of November 16-November 22

Cameron Clinton-Earl

Alexis Gonzalez
Week of November 9-November 15

Max Scharping

Mary Grace Kelly
Week of November 2-November 8

Ryan Graham - Won MAC Award

Mary Grace Kelly
Week of October 26-November 1

Louis-Phillipe Hamel

Kelsey Hildreth
Week of October 19-October 25

Shane Wimann

Amy Annala - Won MAC Award
Week of October 12-October 18

Andrew Ness

Amy Annala
Week of October 5-October 11

Drew Hare - Won MAC Award

Anna Brereton
Week of September 28-October 4

Giovanni Garcia

Cristina Alvarez
Week of September 21-September 27

Cameron Clinton-Earl

Lauren Gierman
Week of September 14-September 20

Taylor Cole

Anna Brereton
Week of September 8-September 13

Luke Read

Lena Gautier
Week of September 1-September 7

Shane Wimann

Kelsey Hildreth
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