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Scholar-Athletes of the Week (April 22-28)

April 29, 2013

NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week (April 22-28)

Dor Amir

Jennifer Barnett

MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Men's Tennis Sport: Softball
Year: RS Sophomore Year: Senior
GPA: 3.431 GPA: 3.16
Major: Business Administration Major: Nursing
Week's Achievements: Amir went a perfect 4-0 at the Mid-American Conference men's tennis tournament to earn All-Tournament Team honors and help the Huskies to their first tournament final appearance since 2004. In Friday's semi-final against top-seeded Ball State, the Tel Aviv, Israel, native teamed up with Simon Formont to defeat Imanol Arconada and Alex Brym 9-8 (7-4) and give NIU the doubles point. In singles, Amir got the match-clinching point by defeating Dalton Albertin 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). On Saturday, Amir and Formont won their doubles match with an 8-6 win over Western Michigan's Ross VanderPloeg and Andrew Cahn, then followed that up with a straight sets win over Aaron Wong 6-2, 6-4. Week's Achievements: Barnett had a stellar performance from the plate for Northern Illinois, batting an amazing .769 going 10-for-13 from plate, including a home run and a double, with six RBIs and a run scored in five games this week. Barnett, who leads the Huskies in batting with a .352 average and in runs batted in with 34, drove in a run in every game this week and was perfect from the plate in two games. She went 3-for-3, including a double, slugged 1.333 and drove in a pair of runs in NIU's 3-0 victory over Akron. The senior first baseman was 2-for-2 with an RBI in the 3-2 series finale victory over the Bobcats Sunday. In the series opener against Ohio on Saturday, Barnett was 1-for-2 and slugged 2.000 with her only hit a solo home run in the 2-0 win for NIU. She began the week going 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored against UIC.
Previous Honorees
Week of August 27-September 2

Nabal Jefferson

Sarah Angelos

Week of September 3-9

Ryan Neir

Courtney Oldenburg

Week of September 10-16

Nick Schiavi

Courtney Ksiazek

Week of September 17-23

Alan Baxter

Amy Carr

Week of September 24-30

Jason Schepler

MacKenzie Roddy

Week of October 1-7

Dor Amir

Sarah Angelos

Week of October 8-14

Courtney Stephen

Emily Paschke

Week of October 15-21

Nick Huggins

Mary Malkin

Week of October 22-28

Matt Krempel

Courtney Ksiazek

Week of October 29-November 4

Dominique Ware

Mary Kurisch

Week of November 5-11

Mike Mascitti

Mary Kurisch

Week of November 12-18

Alan Baxter

MacKenzie Roddy

Week of November 19-25

Luke Eakes

Meghan Romo

Week of November 26-December 2

Nabal Jefferson

Amanda Corral

Week of December 3-9

Nick Smith

Amanda Corral

Week of December 31-January 6

Ryan Neir

Week of January 7-13

Nick Smith

Sidra Sherrill

Week of January 21-27

Dor Amir

Nelle Youel

Week of January 28-February 3

Dor Amir

Natalie Sutter

Week of February 4-10

Ashley Sneed

Week of February 11-17

Nick Smith

Kim Gotlund

Week of February 18-24

Eli Anderson

Nicole Gremillion

Week of February 25-March 3

Alex Klonowski

Nelle Youel

Week of March 4-10

Frederic Cadieux

Megan Melendez

Week of March 11-17

Alex Klonowski

Jamie Burr

Week of March 18-24

Eli Anderson

Natalie Sutter

Week of March 25-31

Alex Klonowski

Amanda Sheppard

Week of April 1-7

Frederic Cadieux

Sidra Sherrill

Week of April 8-14

Dor Amir

Jenny Niemiec

Week of April 15-21

Alex Klonowski

Nelle Youel

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