Northwestern University Athletics
NU Announces Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
10/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 4, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern junior Linda Abu Mushrefova (Bradenton, Fla./Pendleton of the women's tennis team and senior Jeremy Ebert (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard-Darby) of the football team have been named NU's Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week for their performances over the weekend.
Ebert set a career high with three receiving touchdowns Saturday against No. 22 Illinois, including a long reception of 39 yards. Coupled with two scores in NU's previous game against Army, Ebert has quickly moved into sole possession of third place on Northwestern's list of career touchdown reception leaders with 15. Ebert is the Wildcats' leading active receiver with 1,570 career receiving yards.
Abu Mushrefova completed an unblemished run in both Flight 'A' singles and doubles during the season-opening Wildcat Invitational last weekend. The 2011 doubles All-American swept through three matches while playing alongside Nida Hamilton on Friday before going to work in singles on Saturday. She capped off the event with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Oklahoma's Marie-Pier Huet but was unable to play her title match due to time constraints.
This week's Community Service Athlete of the Week is senior Sophie Ewald (Berlin, Germany/Droste-Huelshoff Oberschule/Barron (Wis.) of the cross country team. Ewald visited Dawes Elementary School to assist with the school's Decathlon, a one-day fund-raiser in which students participate in 10 events of varying challenges while soliciting donations and pledges from family and friends.
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