December 23, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Wartburg College basketball player Sharese Van Sloten (Decorah, Iowa/Decorah) and Coe College basketball player Kevin Dux (Boulder, Colo./Fairview) have been named the IIAC Female and Male Athletes of the Week for the period ending Monday, December 22. The Conference also announced the Performers of the Week for the Conference’s three sports in competition during the week.

Women’s Basketball – Sharese Van Sloten, Wartburg College, Decorah, Iowa/Decorah
Van Sloten, a senior center, tied the single-game school record for points (37) and set the single-game record for field goals (15) in an 89-80 overtime win at St. Ambrose Dec. 19. She came back with a team-high 18 points and seven rebounds as the Knights defeated previously-unbeaten Gustavus Adolphus Dec. 21. She went over the 500 career rebound mark with seven against Gustavus Adolphus. (IIAC Female Athlete of the Week)

Men’s Basketball – Kevin Dux, Coe College, Boulder, Colo./Fairview
Dux, a senior guard, broke his career-high in scoring for the second consecutive game with 19 points in a win over Illinois College. He hit a career-high five 3-pointers against the Blueboys. He stretched his streak of games in double-figures to four with 11 points in a loss to Hawai’i Pacific, where he had a career-high six assists. In two games, he averaged 15 points, five rebounds, five assists, and one steal, while shooting 52.6 percent (10 of 19) from the field and 53.3 percent from behind the arc (8 of 15). (IIAC Male Athlete of the Week)

Wrestling – Rob Kramer, Coe College, Swisher, Iowa/Cedar Rapids Prairie
Kramer, a junior 197-pounder, went undefeated at the Wartburg Desert Duals, helping the Kohawks go undefeated at the event for the third consecutive year. He posted a technical fall over Ohio Northern’s Drew Michel and major decisions over Ryan Van Doren of Embry-Riddle (16-7) and Bernie Vazquez of Elmhurst (12-4) as well as accepting a forfeit against Olivet.

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

• Women’s Basketball – Loras College junior guard Lindsay Bava (Downers Grove, Ill./Montini Catholic) averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 2.3 steals per game as the Duhawks went 2-1 on the week. She scored 30 and 28 points, respectively, in wins over Upper Iowa and Wisconsin Lutheran.

• Men’s Basketball – Central College sophomore forward James Chapline (Ogden, Iowa/Ogden) hit 15 of 16 free throws in a win over Knox, coming within three made free throws of a Central single-game school record. He averaged 14.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as the Dutch went 1-1 during the week.

• Men’s Basketball – Loras College senior guard Ricky Kolze (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) averaged 17.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.5 steals as the Duhawks went 1-1 during the week. He shot 46.7 percent (14 of 30) from the field and was 50.0 percent from behind the arc (7 of 14).

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