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![]() Central Washington's Jake Levin was named the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week while Western Washington's Lynsey Amundson earned the Softball Player of the Week award. Monday, February 29, 2016 PORTLAND, Ore. – The state of Washington’s two fierce rivals share something else in common: Each team collected three honorees in this week’s GNAC Player of the Week selections. Central Washington and Western Washington each had three honorees. The Wildcats swept the baseball selections after going 2-1 in their three-game series at Academy of Art. Jake Levin was named the Baseball Player of the Week after going 4 for 9 in the series. His weekend included a 3 for 5 performance with six RBI in Saturday’s opener. His three home runs in that game was the first such performance in Central Washington program history. McKenzie Gaul was named the Baseball Pitcher of the Week for his starting performance in Saturday’s opener. He earned the win in the 7-2 victory over the Urban Knights as he allowed one run on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts in seven innings of work. Luke Plummer was the third Wildcats’ honoree, earning Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors after he won the triple jump at the SPU Final Qualifier on Saturday with his mark of 48 feet, 4 inches. The GNAC champion in the event, it was his first Athlete of the Week selection of the season. Western Washington’s three selections were spread among three sports. Lynsey Amundson was named the Softball Player of the Week after she went 7 for 14 as the Vikings opened GNAC play by going 3-1 against Simon Fraser. She finished with two runs, a double and six RBI, five of which came in two-out situations. She topped her weekend by going 3 for 3 with three RBI in Saturday’s 7-1 first game win. Miranda Osadchey was named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week after setting the Vikings’ indoor record in the women’s high jump at the SPU Final Qualifier. She won the event with a clearance of 5 feet, 8.5 inches, which ties her for fourth on the GNAC all-time list and ties her for third in Division II this season. Jenn Paul was named the Women’s Golf Player of the Week after placing eighth at the St. Edwards Invitational with a two-round score of 11-over-par 151. Simon Fraser collected two awards in women’s basketball and softball. Ellen Kett was named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week after she led the Clan to a sweep of their games in Alaska. She posted a triple double of 14 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and assisted on the game-winning three-pointer in their 67-66 upset over Alaska Anchorage on Saturday. Alia Stachoski was selected as the Softball Pitcher of the Week after she allowed one run on six hits in the Clan’s 7-1 win over Western Washington in Sunday’s finale, snapping a 12-game losing streak to the Vikings. Western Oregon picked up two track awards. Badane Sultessa was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after he broke his GNAC indoor record in the 800 meters for the second time this season with a time of 1:49.68 at the SPU Final Qualifier. Nicole Maurmann earned the women’s track honor after she ran the GNAC’s fastest time in the mile this season with a time of 4:58.10, provosionally qualifying her for the NCAA Championships. Mitch Penner of Seattle Pacific was named the Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third time this season. The senior scored 39 points and had 17 rebounds in the Falcons’ two wins, topped by 27 points and 11 rebounds in SPU’s senior night win over Simon Fraser on Saturday, 85-62. GNAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK SELECTIONS – WEEK 26 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S TRACK MEN’S FIELD WOMEN’S TRACK WOMEN’S FIELD BASEBALL PLAYER BASEBALL PITCHER SOFTBALL PLAYER SOFTBALL PITCHER WOMEN’S GOLF |
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