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Weekly Honors's Bio: The Big Ten Conference honors athletes of the week across many sports. Check out the latest honorees and look back at previous winners. |
March 9, 2010
| Mar 9 2010, 10:33 AM | Topic: Tennis Athletes of the Week |
| Men's Co-Athlete of the Week: Dennis Nevolo, Illinois, So., Gurnee, Ill./Keystone National Nevolo wins his first Athlete of the Week award of the 2010 season and the third of his career. The sophomore helped No. 12 Illinois to wins over No. 17 Texas A&M and No. 34 Northwestern this past weekend. Nevolo, ranked 43rd in the nation, played at No. 2 singles against the Aggies and Wildcats and posted two victories, a 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 33 Jeff Dadamo of Texas A&M and a 6-2, 6-1 win over Northwestern's Spencer Wolf. Against the Aggies, he teamed with Marek Czerwinski to knock off the No. 9 team of Austin Krajicek and Dadamo, 9-8 (4), then paired with Johnny Hamui to defeat the Wildcat tandem of Alex Sanborn and Wolf, 8-3. Last Illinois Athlete of the Week: Marek Czerwinski (March 2, 2010) Chase Buchanan, Ohio State, So., New Albany, Ohio/New Albany Buchanan notches his third Big Ten Athlete of the Week certificate of 2010 after the No. 3 Buckeyes defeated No. 13 Louisville and No. 17 Texas A&M over the weekend. The sophomore defeated two top-35 performers at No. 1 singles, first downing A&M's Austin Krajicek, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), then knocking off No. 34 Austen Childs of Louisville, 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4. Also performing at No. 1 doubles, Buchanan and teammate Dino Marcan paired to upset the No. 9 Aggie team of Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo, 8-7 (7-5), as the Buchanan helped Ohio State to its 99th straight home dual match victory. Last Ohio State Athlete of the Week: Chase Buchanan (Feb. 23, 2010) Women's Athlete of the Week: Sonja Molnar, Iowa, So., Guelph, Ontario/Centennial C.V.I. Molnar earns her first Big Ten Athlete of the Week honor after helping the No. 54 Hawkeyes to a pair of wins over Missouri and No. 24 DePaul over the weekend. Playing at No. 1 singles and doubles for Iowa, Molnar defeated the Tigers' Jamie Mera, 6-0, 6-4, then teamed with Merel Beelen to defeat the top Missouri team, 8-4. Against the Blue Demons on Sunday, Molnar and Beelen again teamed up at No. 1 doubles, this time knocking off the No. 10 tandem of Anna Redecsi and Selma Salkovic, 9-7. Later in the match, Molnar defeated Redecsi, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) to secure the clinching point as the Hawkeyes earned a 4-3 win. Last Iowa Athlete of the Week: Jacqueline Lee (Jan. 30, 2008) |
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March 8, 2010
| Mar 8 2010, 12:04 PM | Topic: Gymnast of the Week |
| Gymnast of the Week: Sharaya Musser, Penn State, Colorado Springs, Colo. Musser wins her first Gymnast of the Week honor of after she claimed the all-around title in the Nittany Lions first-place finish of their quadrangular meet over the weekend. The freshman's first-place finish on vault (9.975) and on the balance beam (9.925), along with a fourth on bars (9.875) and a sixth-place effort in floor exercise (9.825) gave her the top all-around mark of 39.600. All of her scores were career-highs as she helped Penn State to a season-high mark of 196.725. Last Penn State Gymnast of the Week: Brandi Personett (Feb. 22, 2010) Freshman of the Week: Sharaya Musser, Penn State, Colorado Springs, Colo. Musser wins her second Freshman of the Week honor of after she claimed the all-around title in the Nittany Lions first-place finish of their quadrangular meet over the weekend. The freshman's first-place finish on vault (9.975) and on the balance beam (9.925), along with a fourth on bars (9.875) and a sixth-place effort in floor exercise (9.825) gave her the top all-around mark of 39.600. All of her scores were career-highs as she helped Penn State to a season-high mark of 196.725. Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Sharaya Musser (Feb. 15, 2010) |
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March 8, 2010
| Mar 8 2010, 11:52 AM | Topic: Softball Players of the Week |
| Player of the Week: Dorian Shaw, Michigan, Jr., 1B, Burke, Va./Robinson SS Shaw wins her first Big Ten Player of the Week honor after slugging 1.250 and batting .500 as the Wolverines posted a 5-0 record over the weekend. The Michigan first baseman finished the weekend 6-for-12 from the plate with three home runs, eight RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base. She had three two-hit performances, including in Michigan's first game of the week in which she hit two solo homers against Mississippi State in her only two plate appearances. Shaw knocked in three runs and had two hits in each of Michigan's final two weekend contests against Alabama and South Carolina. Last Michigan Player of the Week: Angela Findlay (April 13, 2009) Pitcher of the Week: Jordan Taylor, Michigan, Jr., Valencia, Calif./Valencia Taylor was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season and the fifth time in her Wolverine career, as she pitched two complete games and earned a save in Michigan's 5-0 weekend. In her first appearance, she came on in relief against Mississippi State, where she struck out four to earn her first save of the season. She then pitched two complete games against Alabama in the SEC/Midwest Challenge, where she earned tournament MVP honors. In her first outing against the Crimson Tide, Taylor fanned 13 and surrendered one earned run on five hits. The second time out, she struck out another 10 batters, allowing two runs on four hits. Over the weekend, she totaled 27 strikeouts in 16 innings of work and finished with a 1.31 ERA. Last Michigan Pitcher of the Week: Jordan Taylor (Feb. 22, 2010) |
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March 8, 2010
| Mar 8 2010, 11:47 AM | Topic: Gymnast of the Week |
| Men's Gymnast of the Week: Paul Ruggeri, Illinois, Jr., Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville Manlius Ruggeri wins his sixth career Gymnast of the Week honor and third this season. The Illini junior posted two first-place finishes and helped Illinois to a 357.500-346.600 win over Iowa during the weekend. He finished first on high bar, matching his career-best and school-best score of 16.100, and was also first on parallel bars (15.300). Additionally, he was fifth on still rings with a score of 14.400 and was ninth on vault with a mark of 15.050 as Illinois recorded its highest team score of the season. Last Illinois Gymnast of the Week: Daniel Ribeiro (Feb. 22, 2010) Men's Freshman of the Week: Harris Coleman, Minnesota, Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville Coleman wins his first Freshman of the Week honor recording a first-place finish and two 15-plus performances for the Gophers over the weekend. He recorded a career-best and a team season-high score on the pommel horse, scoring a 15.200 to claim top honors in the event. He also recorded a 15.550 on vault and a 14.450 in floor exercise to claim eighth in both events. Coleman also was seventh on high bar with a mark of 13.800. Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: N/A |
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March 8, 2010
| Mar 8 2010, 11:19 AM | Topic: Baseball Players of the Week |
| PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Zach Hurley, Ohio State, Sr., LF, Springboro, Ohio/Springboro Hurley led the Buckeyes to a 3-1 record last weekend with wins over Duquesne, St. Louis and Fairleigh Dickinson. The senior hit .571 over four games, reaching base at a .609 clip and slugging at a 1.048 rate for an OPS of 1.657. The left-fielder recorded multiple hits in every game, including a 5-for-5 performance on Sunday against the Knights. Hurley also scored six runs and drove in seven over the weekend, recording seven extra-base hits with five doubles, a triple and a home run, coming a single shy of the cycle in Game 1 against the Billikens on Saturday. The weekly honor is the first of Hurley's career and the second for a Buckeye position player this season. Last OSU Player of the Week: Michael Stephens (March 1, 2010) PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Francis Brooke, Northwestern, So., RHP, Washington, D.C./St. Albans School Brooke takes home his first career Pitcher of the Week accolade after leading Northwestern to a 3-0 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis, Minn. The sophomore struck out six and allowed just three hits without surrendering a walk in eight shutout innings, picking up his second win of the season. The right-hander faced just one batter over the minimum in his first seven innings, and his six strikeouts sets a career high. Last NU Pitcher of the Week: Eric Jokisch (Feb. 23, 2009) |
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