Wrestling

UW-W Subway Athletes of the Week

For the week of January 14-20, 2019:

UW-W SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
GYMNASTICS - ALL AROUND
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Blaise Wilson (Thornton, Colo./Legacy), Sophomore
Wilson won the all-around competition Friday night with a score of 37.800 to help the Warhawks post a team score of 186.000 at UW-Stout in the team's first meet of the season. She tallied a personal record score of 9.725 to win the floor exercise and tied a career high with a 9.425 in vault, good for sixth place. Wilson also tied for first on the uneven bars with a 9.700 and placed 10th on the balance beam with an 8.725.

        
MEN'S BASKETBALL
23544 Andre Brown (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trail), Senior, Guard
Brown reached 1,000 career points and averaged 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game while shooting 51.7 percent from the floor and 66.7 percent (6-of-9) from 3-point range last week to help the No. 23 Warhawks split a pair of games. He tallied 18 points, including 14 in the second half, on Wednesday against No. 5 UW-Oshkosh, and became the 29th player in UW-Whitewater program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone with his fourth point, a jumper in the first half. Three days later, Brown registered 24 points, including a key 3-pointer with 1:08 remaining, to help the Warhawks to an 87-85 triumph at UW-River Falls. He added four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the win.


HONORABLE MENTION:
BOWLING
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Kailee Tubbs (Flint, Mich./Davison), Junior
Tubbs was named to the All-Tournament second team over the weekend after finishing ninth out of 210 individual bowlers in traditional game scoring at the Kutztown Invitational. She averaged a 213 in five traditional games, including a team-best 265. Tubbs also posted an 86.4 percent fill percentage and a 49 percent strike percentage during the weekend to help the 12th-ranked Warhawks finish 14th at the 28-team, three-day tournament.

                                        
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
23409 Olivia Freckmann (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI), Senior, Forward
Freckmann averaged 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game and shot 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from the floor to help the Warhawks pick up a pair of WIAC wins last week. She posted 10 points, five rebounds and two steals Wednesday to help UW-Whitewater to a 49-47 road win over No. 12 UW-Oshkosh. On Saturday, Freckmann shot 7-of-11 from the field on her way to a 17-point, 11-rebound, six-assist, four-steal effort, her fourth double-double of the year, including her third in the last four games. Her performance helped the Warhawks to a 62-34 victory over UW-River Falls at Kachel Gymnasium.
                                   
MEN'S SWIMMING
23438 Jake Herlache (West Bend, Wis./Grafton), Sophomore
Herlache won the 200-yard freestyle and was a part of the Warhawks' two winning relay teams on Saturday to help the team defeat Lawrence and Lake Forest (Ill.) in a triangular in Appleton, Wis. He posted a time of 1:49.07 in the 200 free, led off the 200-yard medley relay with a split of 26.15 and anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay with a team-best split of 22.25 seconds.
                               
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
23470 Bailey Weston (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson), Junior
Weston won the 100-yard freestyle and was a part of one winning relay and one runner-up relay Saturday to help the Warhawks defeat Lake Forest (Ill.) and Lawrence in a triangular in Appleton, Wis. She out-touched the runner-up by eight-hundredths of a second in the 100 free, completing the race in 57.02 seconds. Weston led off for the 200-yard freestyle relay, which finished first in a time of 1:43.45, and anchored the team's 200-yard medley relay to a time of 1:56.09, good for second place.
WOMEN'S DIVING
23461 Sydney Olson (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy), Sophomore
Olson placed fifth in the 3-meter dive and seventh in the 1-meter dive Saturday to help the Warhawks defeat Lake Forest (Ill.) and Lawrence in a triangular/double dual at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. She recorded a score of 179.05 on the 3-meter board and a 168.45 on the 1-meter board.
                              
GYMNASTICS - SPECIALIST
23667 Frankee Hutton-Lau (Shakopee, Minn./Main Street School of Performing Arts), Senior
Hutton-Lau won the balance beam and placed second in the floor exercise Friday at UW-Stout in the team's season-opening meet. She tallied a score of 9.575 on beam, more than two-tenths higher than the runner-up, and a 9.675 on floor, only five-hundredths behind teammate Blaise Wilson (Thornton, Colo./Legacy). Hutton-Lau's performance helped the Warhawks finish with a team score of 186.000.
                           
MEN'S TRACK
23743 Dwayne Ford (Racine, Wis./Case), Sophomore
Ford won the 60-meter dash last Friday at the Ripon Red Hawk Opener. He posted a time of 7.11 seconds, good for 15th in the WIAC and the top mark among a field of 31 runners.
MEN'S FIELD
23747 Quinn Halversen (Rockford, Ill./Christian), Sophomore
Halversen won the high jump last Friday at the Ripon Red Hawk Opener. His career-best height of 6-04.75 (1.95 meters) is currently second on the team, tied for fourth in the WIAC and tied for 28th in the nation.
                                                         
WOMEN'S TRACK
23704 Megan Hering (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights), Junior
Hering won the 400-meter dash last Friday at the Ripon Red Hawk Opener. Her time of 1:03.77 (1:02.94 adjusted for track size) currently ranks third on the team and 11th in the WIAC.
WOMEN'S FIELD
22334 Sydney Davidson (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland), Sophomore
Davidson claimed first place in the pole vault last Friday at the Ripon Red Hawk Opener. Her season-best height of 11-03.75 (3.45 meters) leads the team, is tied for ninth in the conference and is tied for 27th in NCAA Division III.
               
WRESTLING
23531 Mike Tortorice (Wauconda, Ill./Carmel), Junior
Tortorice secured a fall at 125 pounds last Thursday to add six points to the 14th-ranked Warhawks' total score at No. 9 UW-La Crosse. He pinned Tristan Jenny at 1:33 in the bout to give UW-Whitewater an 18-6 lead in the dual. Tortorice is now 17-3 for the season with three pins.
 
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Players Mentioned

Megan Hering

Megan Hering

Sprints
Sophomore
Franchesca Hutton

Franchesca Hutton

Beam, Floor
Junior
Sydney Davidson

Sydney Davidson

Pole Vault
Freshman
Dwayne Ford

Dwayne Ford

Sprints
Freshman
Quinn Halversen

Quinn Halversen

High Jump
Freshman
Blaise Wilson

Blaise Wilson

All-Around
Freshman
Mike Tortorice

Mike Tortorice

Junior
Jake Herlache

Jake Herlache

Mid D
Sophomore
Sydney Olson

Sydney Olson

Diving
Sophomore
Bailey Weston

Bailey Weston

Distance
Junior

Players Mentioned

Megan Hering

Megan Hering

Sophomore
Sprints
Franchesca Hutton

Franchesca Hutton

Junior
Beam, Floor
Sydney Davidson

Sydney Davidson

Freshman
Pole Vault
Dwayne Ford

Dwayne Ford

Freshman
Sprints
Quinn Halversen

Quinn Halversen

Freshman
High Jump
Blaise Wilson

Blaise Wilson

Freshman
All-Around
Mike Tortorice

Mike Tortorice

Junior
Jake Herlache

Jake Herlache

Sophomore
Mid D
Sydney Olson

Sydney Olson

Sophomore
Diving
Bailey Weston

Bailey Weston

Junior
Distance