Athletes of the Week-February 3, 2020
Basketball
D’Vontay Friga
Mount Union
Senior
Guard
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls
Friga came off the bench scoring a season-high 27 points in a win against John Carroll (88-85) and was a rebound shy of a double-double with 21 points nine rebounds in the win against Ohio Northern (75-63).
Basketball
Olivia Nagy
John Carroll
Sophomore
Center
Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood
Nagy averaged 15 points (11-of-17, .647), 14 rebounds, 4.5 assists and eight blocks-per-game last week to lead the Blue Streaks past Mount Union and Marietta. Nagy fell short of a quadruple-double against Marietta with an impressive 15 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists and 8 blocks. Nagy remains the national leader in blocked shots-per-game.
Wrestling
Patrick McGraw
John Carroll
Freshman
149 pounds
Chardon, Ohio/St. Ignatius
McGraw went undefeated (5-0) at the Wheaton College Pete Wilson Invitational to clinch the 149-pound title. He now has 33 career wins.
Results: Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Andrew Harrell (Wheaton) (MD 11-0) Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Zachary Wells (Olivet) (Dec 7-5) Quarterfinal - won by decision over Nick Barnhart (Messiah College) (Dec 11-6) Semifinal - won by decision over #20 Jake Drexler (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) (Dec 11-5) 1st Place Match - won by decision over #13 Jimmy McAuliffe (Elmhurst College) (Dec 10-9)
Wrestling
Drew Kasper
Otterbein
Senior
285 pounds
Mansfield, Ohio/Lexington
Kasper went undefeated (5-0) to defend his heavyweight title at the Wheaton College Pete Wilson Invitational. Kasper is currently ranked No. 1 nationally and has improved to 25-0 on the year.
Results: Logan Painter (ONU) by Tech Fall, 18-0 in 1:33 Daniel Skold (Augustana) by Decision, 10-4 Carlos Leyva (Ferrum) by SV, 7-1 #13 Cole Fibranz (Chicago) by Decision, 4-3 #10 Lucius Rinehart (UW-Platteville) by Decision, 4-0
Track & Field
Sean Sherman
Mount Union
Senior
Franklin, Ohio/Bishop Fenwick
Sherman won the shot put with a mark of 54-feet at the Baldwin Wallace Dr. William Taraschke Team Challenge.
Track & Field
Connor Troyer
Mount Union
Senior
Surgarcreek, Ohio/Garaway
Troyer won the 60-meter hurdles (8.05) and posted the second fastest time Div. III this season at the NYC DIII Invitational in New York City.
Track & Field
Courtney Phoennik
John Carroll
Junior
McDonald, Pa./South Fayette
Phoennik set the school record in the triple jump, posting a mark of 11.69 meters to finish fourth at Youngstown State. She also competed in the 200-meter dash (26.62).
Track & Field
Lucia Cannata
John Carroll
Sophomore
Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Gilmour Academy
Cannata posted an eighth place finished in the 60-meter dash with a school record time of 7.81 at Youngstown State. She also took home fourth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.02, which is currently the fourth fasted time in Div. III this season.
Swimming & Diving
Nathan Williams
Mount Union
Freshman
Columbia, S.C./Irmo
Williams led the Purple Raiders past Notre Dame and Westminster (Pa.). Against Notre Dame (Ohio), Williams placed first in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:18.76, and in the 200-yard medley relay.
In the victory over Westminster (Pa.), Williams took first place in the 200-yard butterfly recording a time of 2:01.62, the 200-yard backstroke clocking a 1:58.68, and the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:01.28.
Swimming & Diving
Callie Landry
Mount Union
Sophomore
Broussard, La. / Teurlings Catholic
Landry led the Purple Raiders against Notre Dame and Westminster (Pa.) In a win over Notre Dame, Landry posted two wins in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:31.03 and in the 400-yard IM clocking a time of 4:57.25.
Against Westminster (Pa.), Callied took first in the 1000-yard freestyle recording a time of 11:20.66 and in the 200-yard with a 2:23.20.
