UMAC Player of the Week Awards - Jan. 21, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn.--- The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced its Player of the Week award winners Monday in the sports men's and women's basketball and men's and women's indoor track and field. The UMAC Player of the Week awards are nominated for by UMAC coaches and sports information directors (SIDs) and selected by SIDs. The awards are published each Monday afternoon.
The award winners and descriptions of their accomplishments for the week are below:
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MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tanner Youngberg, Jr., Northwestern
Pocahontas, Iowa/Pocahontas Area
- Averaged 13.0 ppg, 14.0 rpg and 3.5 apg in two UMAC wins
- Recorded career-high 18 rebounds and seven assists vs. UMM
- Shot 56 percent from the field, went 4-for-4 vs. North Central
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Danielle Cieluch, Sr., St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minn./Duluth East
- Averaged 10.0 ppg, 14.5 rpg and 5.5 bpg in two games
- Set program record with 19 rebounds in loss to BLC
- Tied program record for blocks in a game (7) vs. BLC
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Tyler Sassenberg, Sr., Minnesota Morris
Winthrop, Minn./Gibbon-Fairfax Winthrop
- Recorded UMAC-best time in 3,000-meter run at Cobber Open
- Clocked a time of 9:17.66 to place first
- Finished two seconds ahead of next competitor
MEN'S INDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
C.J. Pillath, Sr., St. Scholastica
Coleman, Wis./Coleman
- Won both the weight throw and shot put Saturday
- Threw 17.05 meters (55-11) to capture weight throw victory
- Ranks 27th in Division III for shot put-winning mark of 15.09 meters (49-6.25)
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katherine Novak, Sr., Minnesota Morris
Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park
- Won the mile (5:32.12) at the Cobber Open Saturday
- Finished second in the 3,000-meter run
- Clocked UMAC best time of 11:08.69 as runner-up
WOMEN'S INDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Valerie Rowe, Sr., Wisconsin-Superior
Ironwood, Mich./A.D. Johnston
- Placed second in the pole vault at Twin Ports Open home meet
- Recorded UMAC-best mark of 3.05 meters (10-0)
- Top Division III finisher in the field
A history of winners from the 2018-19 winter sports can be found by award name below:
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