Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
Feb. 26, 2007
Northwestern Winter Sports Release #13
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern has named senior Tim Doyle (Merrick, N.Y./St. Dominic) of men's basketball and sophomore Sam Nemecek (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia) of women's fencing its Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week.
Doyle enjoyed one of the best offensive weeks of his career, scoring 43 points on 15-of-19 shooting over two games. Against Purdue on Saturday, he scored a career-high 26 points -- 18 coming in the second half -- on 9-of-12 shooting from the field, hit 8-of-11 from the stripe and added five assists in 39 minutes.
In the win over Texas-Pan American, he scored 17 on 6-of-7 shooting and added four assists and played the entire 40 minutes. This is the second Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week honor of Doyle's career.
Nemecek helped Northwestern to a perfect 12-0 record at the NU Duals with wins over No. 9 Temple, No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 1 Penn State.
Nemecek went 28-1 overall in the foil and captured the deciding point in the 'Cats' 14-13 wins over Notre Dame and top-ranked Penn State. This is the third Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week honor of Nemecek's career.
For Northwestern's complete weekly release for Feb. 26, click the .pdf link at the top of this page.
