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Scholar Athletes of the Week (Dec. 13-Dec. 19)

Dec. 20, 2010

NIU SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (Dec. 13-19)

Chandler Harnish

Courtney Shelton

MALE RECIPIENT FEMALE RECIPIENT
Sport: Football Sport: Women's Basketball
Position: Quarterback Position: Guard
Year: Junior Year: Junior
GPA: 3.589
 GPA: 3.149
Major: Business Management
 Major: Communication
Week's Achievements: Quarterback Chandler Harnish earned Most Valuable Player honors at the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl after totaling 372 yards of total offense while rushing for two touchdowns and throwing for another. Harnish rushed for 72 yards on 10 carries and his two rushing touchdowns tied a career-high. He posted his third career 300-yard passing day, throwing for 300 yards on 17-of-26 passing with no interceptions. Harnish established a new NIU record for most passing yards  by a Northern Illinois quarterback in a bowl game, breaking the mark of 186 he set versus Louisiana Tech in 2008.
 Week's Achievements: Guard Courtney Shelton started both games during the week and dished out a career-high nine assists, scored three points and collected three rebounds against Northwestern.  Her effort was the most assists by a Huskie in one game since Marke Freeman tallied nine last season.  Shelton scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds against Bradley.  She also had two steals and one assist against the Braves.  For the week, she averaged 6.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game.
PREVIOUS HONOREES
Week of August 30 - September 5

Alan Baxter

Mary Kurisch
Week of September 6-12

Chandler Harnish

Courtney Oldenburg
Week of September 13-19

Kyle Knotek

Kristin Hoffman
Week of September 20-26

Keith Otis

Allison McGlaughlin
Week of September 27 - October 3

Andrew Frame

Allie Parthie
Week of October 4-10

Chandler Harnish

Maddie Hughes
Week of October 11-17

Jeff Dick

Allison McGlaughlin
Week of October 18-24

Jake Coffman

Kelsey Passaglia
Week of October 25-31

Kyle Knotek

Kristin Hoffman
Week of November 1-7

Engebreth Faerden

Mary Kurisch

Week of November 8-14

Mike Krause

Kristin Hoffman

Week of November 15-21

Xavier Silas

Maddie Hughes

Week of November 22-28

Jake Coffman

Courtney Shelton

Week of November 29-December 5

Xavier Silas

Kim Davis

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