April 16, 2007

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Coe College softball player Ellie Schultz (Clayton, Iowa/Clayton Ridge) and Wartburg College baseball player Aaron Saeugling (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert) have been named the IIAC Female and Male Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, April 15. The Conference also announced the Performers of the Week for each of the Conference’s six sports in competition during the week.

Softball – Ellie Schultz, Coe College, Clayton, Iowa/Clayton Ridge
Schultz, a sophomore pitcher, started all eight games for Coe during the week, posting a 6-2 record with a 1.02 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 41.1 innings with four shutouts including a perfect game against the University of Dubuque. In the first game of the twin-bill with the Spartans, Schultz struck out 10 batters while facing the minimum of 21 in a 4-0 Kohawk victory. She followed that performance with a four scoreless innings in game two, striking out five and allowing three hits. Prior to the Dubuque doubleheader, Schultz handed Luther just its second loss of the season (2-0), throwing seven innings of two-hit, five-strikeout ball. She also recorded a pair of wins over Loras, pitching three innings in a 12-3 win and a complete game, three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts a 1-0 Coe win. Schultz recorded her sixth win of the week in a complete game, four-hit shutout over Wartburg (4-0), in which she struck out four and allowed four hits. He two defeats during the week were in second games of doubleheaders with Luther (8-3) and Wartburg (2-1).

Baseball – Aaron Saeugling, Wartburg College, Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
Saeugling, a junior pitcher/infielder, hit .538 (7-for-13) with two doubles, a triple, two RBI and five runs scored in four games during the week. He had three multi-hit games including a 3-for-5, four run scored performance in a 12-6 win over Buena Vista in which he had a double and drove in a run. He also had a pair of 2-for-3 performances – in a 3-1 loss to Simpson and a 5-2 loss to Buena Vista. Against Simpson he had a double and a triple as well as a run scored. On the mound, he went 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 13 innings. He threw a four-hit complete game in a 5-1 win over Simpson in which he struck out six. Saeugling received a no decision in a 3-1 win over Buena Vista, throwing six innings of shutout ball, striking out seven and allowing six hits.

Men’s Golf – Jeff Millet, Central College, Newton, Iowa/Newton
Millet, a senior, finished tied for second at the 128-golfer Buena Vista University Invitational with a 2-under-par 142, three strokes behind the Medalist. Millet’s first round 69 was tied for the Tournament’s low round and led Central to a second-place finish in the 24-team field behind #11-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan.

Men’s Tennis – Dan Glinert, Loras College, Madison, Wis./Edgewood
Glinert, a freshman, posted a 6-2 record during the week with matching 3-1 marks at #1 singles and #1 doubles to lead Loras to their first three wins of the season. In singles, Glinert defeated St. Ambrose’s Kyle Wood (6-3, 6-1), Knox’s Jared Katchen (6-1, 6-3) and Dominican, Ill.’s Manny Chavez (6-0, 6-1). Glinert teamed with Joe Holguin to post doubles wins over Knox (8-5), Dominican (8-2) and Cornell (8-1). His two defeats during the week came against Elmhurst, in singles to Anthony McPherson (6-3, 7-6) and in doubles to McPherson/Greg Bayer (8-4).

Women’s Track & Field – KeAnna Martin, Buena Vista Univ., St. Louis, Mo./Gateway Inst. of Tech.
Martin, a junior, was the top Division III finisher in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at Drake University’s Jim Duncan Invitational, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 200 while narrowly missing a PQ in the 100. She finished third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 24.94 seconds, breaking a nine-year old school record. Her 12.34 second finish in the 100-meters was seventh in the 46-runner field and 1/100th of a second shy of the NCAA qualifying mark. Martin was also a member of the 10th-place finishing 4x100 relay team (51.25 seconds).

Men’s Track & Field – Jason Fisher, Central College, Montezuma, Iowa/Montezuma
Fisher, a junior, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 56.15 meters, the top mark in Division III to date, to win the event at Drake University’s Jim Duncan Invitational. His throw broke the Central school record by seven feet and eclipsed his previous personal best by 10 feet. He also finished third in the shot put (14.17 meters) and discus (44.87 meters).

Other Outstanding Weekly Performers
The IIAC also recognized the following outstanding athletic performances from the past week.

• Luther College sophomore pitcher Nate Todd (Fort Madison, Iowa/Fort Madison) threw a pair of seven-inning complete games during the week allowing just one earned run in 14 innings (0.64 ERA) and striking out seven batters in wins over Cornell and Loras.

• Central College junior catcher Kelly Harris (LeClaire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) hit .556 (10-for-18) with two doubles, a home run, six RBI and six runs scored in six games during the week. She also picked off her seventh base runner of the season.

• Loras College freshman pitcher Katie Earleywine (Brodhead, Wis./Blackhawk Technology) went 3-1 with a save and a 0.90 ERA in six games during the week. She struck out 40 batters and allowed just 21 hits in 31 innings.

• Luther College junior catcher Tami Magner (Waukon, Iowa/Waukon) hit .545 (6-for-11) with two home runs, seven RBI and three runs scored in four games during the week. She was 4-for-5 with five RBI in Luther’s sweep of #10-ranked Simpson.

• Central College senior Alicia Whisner (Adel, Iowa/ADM) automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the javelin with her winning throw of 45.52 meters at Drake University’s Jim Duncan Invitational. She also provisionally qualified for the shot put with a mark of 12.88 meters, good for a third-place finish. Whisner also competed in the hammer (41.78 meters) and discus (32.93 meters).

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