| NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (April 18-April 24) |
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Tony Brandner
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Tara Thacker
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| MALE RECIPIENT |
FEMALE RECIPIENT |
| Sport: Baseball |
Sport: Softball |
| Year: Senior |
Year: Sophomore |
| Position: Catcher / DH |
Position: Pitcher |
| GPA: 3.89 |
GPA: 4.00 |
| Major: Sport Management |
Major: Nursing |
Week's Achievements:
Tony Brandner paced an offensive explosion from the NIU baseball team during the team’s series victory over Buffalo over the weekend. The senior catcher and designated hitter finished the week with a batting average of .533 with eight hits in 15 at-bats, with six of his hits coming against the Bulls. Brandner tallied four runs scored and three runs batted in throughout the week, coming up clutch with multiple hits in each of NIU’s wins over Buffalo. The Huskies won 9-2 on Saturday with Brandner tallying one single, one double and scoring twice before NIU triumphed 17-7 on Sunday with the senior hitter knocking two singles, one triple, two RBIs and one run scored.
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Week's Achievements:
Tara Thacker was nearly unhittable in three appearances as she helped NIU softball sweep Eastern Michigan on the road last weekend. Thacker held Eagle batters to a .128 batting average while striking out seven. She picked up two wins, allowing five hits and just one earned run in 11.1 innings. The sophomore pitched the final two-and-a-third innings of the 5-1 series-opening win on Friday and then picked up her first victory of the weekend by tossing the final two innings – without allowing a base runner – of a 1-0 win in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. Thacker then came back in game two to throw seven compete innings of a 6-1 victory by NIU, improving to 9-6 after allowing just one run on five hits with four strikeouts.
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| Previous Honorees |
| Week of April 12-April 17 |
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Brandon Mallder
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Carly Pederson
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| Week of April 4-April 11 |
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Brian Sisler
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Lena Gautier
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| Week of March 28-April 3 |
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Tom Hjertonsson
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Alison Olson
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| Week of March 21-March 27 |
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Brandon Mallder
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Kayti Grable
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| Week of March 14-March 20 |
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Joo-Young Lee
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Kali Kossakowski
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| Week of March 7-March 13 |
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Brian Sisler
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Connie Ellett - Won MAC Award
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| Week of March 1-March 6 |
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Austin Eicher
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Courtney Dowdell
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| Week of February 22-February 29 |
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Justin Fletcher - Won MAC Award
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Emily Naegele
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| Week of February 15-February 21 |
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Joo-Young Lee
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Emily Naegele
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| Week of February 8-February 14 |
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Carlos Manzanas - Won MAC Award
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Megan Greenfield
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| Week of February 1-February 7 |
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Tom Hjertonsson
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Kelsey Hildreth
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| Week of January 25-January 31 |
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Andrew Morse
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Cassidy Glenn
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| Week of January 18-January 24 |
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Tom Hjertonsson
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Abigail Dekkinga
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| Week of January 11-January 17 |
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Austin Eicher
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Megan Greenfield
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| Week of January 4-January 10 |
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Chuks Iroegbu
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Kedisha Dallas
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| Weeks of Winter Break |
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Quinton Rosser
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Kelly Smith
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| Week of November 30-December 6 |
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Andrew Ness
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Lorena Martin
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| Week of November 23-November 29 |
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William Lee
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Lacia Gorman - Won MAC Award
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| Week of November 16-November 22 |
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Cameron Clinton-Earl
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Alexis Gonzalez
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| Week of November 9-November 15 |
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Max Scharping
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Mary Grace Kelly
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| Week of November 2-November 8 |
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Ryan Graham - Won MAC Award
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Mary Grace Kelly
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| Week of October 26-November 1 |
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Louis-Phillipe Hamel
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Kelsey Hildreth
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| Week of October 19-October 25 |
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Shane Wimann
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Amy Annala - Won MAC Award
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| Week of October 12-October 18 |
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Andrew Ness
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Amy Annala
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| Week of October 5-October 11 |
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Drew Hare - Won MAC Award
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Anna Brereton
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| Week of September 28-October 4 |
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Giovanni Garcia
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Cristina Alvarez
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| Week of September 21-September 27 |
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Cameron Clinton-Earl
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Lauren Gierman
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| Week of September 14-September 20 |
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Taylor Cole
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Anna Brereton
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| Week of September 8-September 13 |
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Luke Read
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Lena Gautier
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| Week of September 1-September 7 |
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Shane Wimann
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Kelsey Hildreth
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