Northwestern University Athletics
NU Announces Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
1/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
Jan. 19, 2010
Winter Sports WR #6 -- PDF Format
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Wildcat sophomores Luka Mirkovic (Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (Ind.)) of the men's basketball team and Brittany Orban (North Canton, Ohio/Hoover) of the women's basketball team have been named NU's Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week for their performances over the weekend.
Mirkovic averaged 12.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in Northwestern's two contests last week. After a solid all-around game against Wisconsin, Mirkovic tallied a career-high 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds as the 'Cats knocked off No. 6 Purdue, 72-64. Mirkovic's average of 8.4 rebounds per conference game is tops in the Big Ten.
Orban hit four free throws in the final two minutes of NU's down-to-the-wire win over Minnesota Sunday, including the game-winner with four seconds remaining. She finished with a game-high 14 points and contributed a solid five boards and three assists in 35 minutes of action. Additionally, her 41 percent success rate on 3-pointers this season ranks first on NU's squad.
This week's Community Service Athlete of the Week is junior Grace Weitz (Golden Valley, Minn./The Breck School) of the women's soccer team. Weitz and other members of the women's soccer team visited Central Elementary School in Wilmette on Jan. 12. The players talked to the children about school and ran an informal soccer clinic for members of the Daisy Girl Scout troop.
The complete Winter Sports Weekly Release #6 is available in PDF format at the top of the page.
