Subway Athletes of the Week

Women's Basketball

UW-W Subway Athletes of the Week (Feb. 10-16)

For the week of February 10-16, 2020:

UW-W SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
MEN'S TRACK
David Fassbender 2020 head shot

David Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger), Junior
Fassbender topped a field of 37 runners to win the 5,000-meter run Saturday and help the No. 11 Warhawks place third at the Midwest ELITE Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. His time of 14:26.33 currently leads the WIAC and ranks third in NCAA Division III. Fassbender's mark was less than five seconds off a school record pace.

        
GYMNASTICS - ALL-AROUND
Blaise Wilson 2020 head shot Blaise Wilson (Thornton, Colo./Legacy), Junior
Wilson recorded the second-highest all-around score in program history, a 38.825, to help UW-Whitewater post its fourth-highest team score in program history, a 192.700, at Air Force on Saturday. Her performance included a career-best 9.775 on balance beam, which tied the No. 3 score in the program record book and helped the team finish with a 48.575 in the event, a school record. Wilson added two other personal best scores and one season best, posting a 9.725 on floor exercise (career high), a 9.650 on vault (career high) and a 9.675 on uneven bars (season best). She finished sixth on floor, tied for seventh on beam and tied for ninth on vault and bars competing against Division I teams Air Force and UC-Davis. Wilson helped the Warhawks finish with top 10 all-time team scores on floor and vault as well as a team season high on bars.


HONORABLE MENTION:
BOWLING
Rachel Baumann 2019-20 head shot

Rachel Baumann (Marengo, Ill./Marengo), Senior
Baumann led the Warhawks to 23rd place out of 65 teams over the weekend at the United States Bowling Congress sanctioned Hoosier Classic at Western Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. She finished sixth in traditional games out of 461 bowlers with a total of 1,306 pins, good for an average of 217.67 per game. Baumann posted a strike percentage of 48 percent and a fill percentage of 84 percent.

Karlee Barton 2019-20 head shot Karlee Barton (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West), Junior
Barton tallied a 46.2 percent strike percentage and an 89.2 percent fill percentage over the weekend to help the No. 15 Warhawks place ninth at the Mid-Winter Classic in Jonesboro, Ark. She rolled a 237 in one traditional game, highest of any player for the weekend, and averaged a 192.50 in two traditional games.
Mary Conneely 2019-20 Head Shot Mary Conneely (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West), Junior
Conneely posted a strike percentage of 44.4 percent, a fill percentage of 87.9 percent and a single-pin conversion rate of 91.8 percent over the weekend as the 15th-ranked Warhawks placed ninth at the Mid-Winter Classic in Jonesboro, Ark. She averaged a 191 in three traditional games on the second day of the tournament.
                                        
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rocky Martinez 2019-20 head shot Bailey Kale (La Crosse, Wis./Central), Sophomore, Guard
Kale recorded a team-high 18 points, including the go-ahead jumper in the final minute, and added five rebounds, four assists and one steal during the Warhawks' 65-63 victory at No. 16 UW-La Crosse last Wednesday. He finished 7-of-15 from the field, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range, and hit both of his free-throw attempts. With 1:27 to play, Kale knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Warhawks their first lead since the 17:37 mark of the second half. His jumper with 34 seconds to play put UW-Whitewater ahead by two, a lead it held over the final seconds.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Aleah Grundahl 2019-20 head shot Aleah Grundahl (DeForest, Wis./DeForest), Freshman, Forward
Grundahl nearly averaged a double-double with 10.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game last week, helping the No. 4 Warhawks clinch at least a share of the program's ninth WIAC regular season championship. In the team's 57-39 triumph at UW-Eau Claire on Saturday, she registered 17 points and nine rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line, and played a season-high 38 minutes. Earlier in the week, Grundahl tallied four points, nine rebounds, one assist and one steal in 33 minutes during UW-Whitewater's 59-55 win at UW-Platteville.
                                   
MEN'S TENNIS - SINGLES
Ryan Mitchell 2019-20 head shot Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville), Sophomore
Gray finished with a 1-1 record at No. 1 singles on Saturday, including a 7-5, 6-0 triumph against Jacob Palley to help the Warhawks post a 9-0 victory over Millikin (Ill.). He started the day by pushing Niccolo Rossi of NAIA No. 3 Cardinal Stritch to a third-set super tiebreaker, eventually falling 7-6 (6), 4-6, 1-0 (10-4). Gray now owns four singles wins for the year including the fall season.
MEN'S TENNIS - DOUBLES
Alex Gray 2019-20 head shotDanila Borovykh 2019-20 head shot Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville), Sophomore and Danila Borovykh (Ryazan, Russia/Boca Prep International School (Fla.)), Freshman
Gray and Borovykh finished with a 3-0 record at No. 1 doubles over the weekend to help the Warhawks win all three of their duals at the Warhawk Invite in Lake Geneva. The duo topped Andrew Bristol and Nathan Fruh of Wheaton (Ill.) by an 8-5 score to help UW-Whitewater to a 9-0 sweep on Friday afternoon. Gray and Borovykh defeated Bowen Mince and George Kaslow 8-6 that night in the Warhawks' 6-3 triumph over Grinnell (Iowa). On Saturday, the pair compiled an 8-5 win over Cole Schneider and Nyathi Motlojoa, the nation's No. 16 ranked doubles team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, in UW-Whitewater's 7-2 victory over Luther (Iowa). For the year, Gray and Borovykh are 4-1 playing together at No. 1 doubles.
                           
GYMNASTICS - SPECIALIST
Lauren Marshall 2020 head shot Lauren Marshall (Winthrop Harbor, Ill./Zion-Benton Township), Senior
Marshall led the UW-Whitewater in a pair of events Saturday to help the team post a 192.700, the fourth-highest team score in program history, against Division I schools Air Force and UC-Davis on Saturday in USAF Academy, Colo. She recorded a career-high 9.775 on vault to tie for third overall and help the Warhawks finish with a 48.075 team score, the No. 6 mark in the program record book. Marshall added a personal-record 9.775 on balance beam, which tied for seventh overall and tied for the third-highest score in program history. Her performance helped UW-Whitewater set a school record with a 48.575 team score on beam.
MEN'S FIELD
Zach Jasinski 2020 head shot Zach Jasinski (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Senior
Jasinski won the pole vault Saturday at the Midwest ELITE Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse, helping the 11th-ranked Warhawks finish third at the meet. His season-best height of 16-01.75 (4.92 meters) ranks second in the WIAC and fourth in NCAA Division III.
               
WOMEN'S TRACK
Kailey Reynolds 2020 head shot Kailey Reynolds (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater), Sophomore
Reynolds finished fourth in the 60-meter dash, which included a field of 28 runners, on Saturday to help the Warhawks place eighth at the Midwest ELITE Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. Her personal-record time of 7.89 seconds currently ranks fifth in the WIAC and 40th in NCAA Division III.
WOMEN'S FIELD
Shelby Nickels 2020 head shot Shelby Nickels (Manitowoc, Wis./Lincoln), Junior
Nickels placed second out of 27 competitors in the long jump Saturday to help the Warhawks place eighth at the Midwest ELITE Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. She posted a mark of 17-09.50 (5.42 meters), only one-quarter inch shy of winning the event. Nickels' season-best performance currently leads the WIAC and ranks 18th in the nation.
 
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Players Mentioned

Lauren Marshall

Lauren Marshall

All-Around
Junior
Blaise Wilson

Blaise Wilson

All-Around
Sophomore
David Fassbender

David Fassbender

Distance
Sophomore
Zach Jasinski

Zach Jasinski

Pole Vault
Junior
Shelby Nickels

Shelby Nickels

Short Sprints
Sophomore
Kailey Reynolds

Kailey Reynolds

Short Sprints
Freshman
Karlee Barton

Karlee Barton

Junior
Rachel Baumann

Rachel Baumann

Senior
Mary Conneely

Mary Conneely

Junior
Alex Gray

Alex Gray

6' 4"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Lauren Marshall

Lauren Marshall

Junior
All-Around
Blaise Wilson

Blaise Wilson

Sophomore
All-Around
David Fassbender

David Fassbender

Sophomore
Distance
Zach Jasinski

Zach Jasinski

Junior
Pole Vault
Shelby Nickels

Shelby Nickels

Sophomore
Short Sprints
Kailey Reynolds

Kailey Reynolds

Freshman
Short Sprints
Karlee Barton

Karlee Barton

Junior
Rachel Baumann

Rachel Baumann

Senior
Mary Conneely

Mary Conneely

Junior
Alex Gray

Alex Gray

6' 4"
Sophomore