Milwaukee's Schleis, Youngstown State's Anderson named U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athletes

May 21, 2008

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INDIANAPOLIS -- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee junior Adam Schleis (men's track and field) and Youngstown State University senior Bethany Anderson (women's track and field) have been named the U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athletes of the Week, League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone announced Wednesday (May 21).


Schleis won the 110-meter hurdles at the Cardinal Twilight Saturday in Louisville, Ky. He ran a time of 14.42, which was just shy of his own school record of 14.40 he set last week.


As a history major, Schleis has a 3.36 grade-point average. He has been named to the Academic All-League Team three times, combining indoor and outdoor track, and was previously named the U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Week in late February during the indoor season.


Anderson finished fifth in the hammer at the Cardinal Twilight on Saturday with a mark of 176-7. Her distance was just shy of the NCAA Mideast Regional automatic qualifying standard.


As a physical education major, Anderson maintains a 3.46 grade-point average. She is a five-time Academic All-Horizon League honoree and was Youngstown State's Student-Athlete of the Year for the 2006-07 academic year.


The Horizon League instituted the U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards as a way to recognize outstanding academic and athletic achievement by its student-athletes. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better (on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, passed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours and perform well during the week's competition. Winners are selected by a group of League faculty athletic representatives, from nominations provided by sports information directors.

OTHER MALE NOMINEES:


Brett Schaefer, UIC (baseball, junior, 3.33, business) guided UIC to a perfect 4-0 week by hitting .529 (9-for-17) with five extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs and nine runs-batted-in. He hit a game-tying RBI double with the Flames down to their final strike in the bottom of the ninth off Horizon League saves leader Jarad Miller and went on to score the game-winning run one batter later in UIC's 7-6 comeback win Saturday over Valparaiso that clinched the Flames' seventh straight regular-season League title. Schaefer, who hit his second grand slam of the season in UIC's 9-2 win over Purdue, was named this week's Horizon League Baseball Player of the Week.


Josh Page, Youngstown State (baseball, senior, 3.86, middle childhood education) helped lead Youngstown State to a 4-1 week on the diamond, including two victories over Milwaukee that clinched the third seed for the Penguins in this week's League Championship. He batted .348 with three runs scored and two runs-batted-in, and also stole his seventh base of the season. In addition, he was selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team last week and is now eligible for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced later this month.

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PREVIOUS U.S. ARMY HORIZON LEAGUE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
Aug. 28Nina Inic (Butler, volleyball)
Sept. 5Ryan Miller (Green Bay, cross country); Liz Fazio (Cleveland State, volleyball)
Sept. 11Chris Honig (Valparaiso, cross country); Katarina Hanackova (UIC, volleyball)
Sept. 18Malcolm DeBaun (Loyola, soccer); Betty Slinger (Green Bay, volleyball)
Sept. 25Markian Zyga (Loyola, soccer); Sara Hughes (Valparaiso, volleyball)
Oct. 2Kent Wories (Butler, cross country); Ani Michl (Valparaiso, soccer)
Oct. 9Zeke Dombrowski (Milwaukee, soccer); Lotte Rasmussen (Green Bay, soccer)
Oct. 16Kent Wories (Butler, cross country); Amanda Stinson (Green Bay, soccer)
Oct. 23Robby Leibold (Milwaukee, swimming); Alyse Serritella (Loyola, volleyball)
Oct. 30Steve Grove (Cleveland State, swimming); Genni Gardner (Butler, cross country)
Nov. 6Steve Grove (Cleveland State, swimming); Beth Steuer (Milwaukee, soccer)
Nov. 13Robby Leibold (Milwaukee, swimming); Cynthia Morote-Ariza (Loyola, soccer)
Nov. 20Mike Schachtner (Green Bay, basketball); Mel Snyder (Cleveland State, volleyball)
Nov. 27A.J. Graves (Butler, basketball); Kailey Klein (Cleveland State, basketball)
Dec. 4Drew Streicher (Butler, basketball); Ashley Hall (Milwaukee, diving)
Dec. 11Jake Diebler (Valparaiso, basketball); Ashley Hall (Milwaukee, diving)
Dec. 18Samuel Haanpää (Valparaiso, basketball); Leah Hochstetler (Valparaiso, basketball)
Jan. 8Ryan Tillema (Green Bay, basketball); Kayla Groh (Green Bay, basketball)
Jan. 15Mike Schachtner (Green Bay, basketball); Kari Helland (Green Bay, diving)
Jan. 22Steve Bartholomew (Valparaiso, indoor track & field), Kelsey Hausken (Green Bay, swimming)
Jan. 29Robby Leibold (Milwaukee, swimming); Jessica Weidert (Wright State, swimming)
Feb. 5Jeremy Waldhart (Milwaukee, swimming); Ashley Hall (Milwaukee, diving)
Feb. 12Phil Orno (Cleveland State, tennis); Kat Krause (Loyola, softball)
Feb. 19A.J. Graves (Butler, basketball); Elise VanBogaert (Loyola, basketball)
Feb. 26Adam Schleis (Milwaukee, baseball); Jessica Weidert (Wright State, swimming)
Mar. 4Julian Betko (Butler, basketball); Launa Hochstetler (Valparaiso, basketball)
Mar. 11Aaron Merrill (Youngstown State, outdoor track & field); Andrea Zappia (Valparaiso, softball)
Mar. 18Andy Hetebrueg (Milwaukee, baseball); Kim Sajevic (Valparaiso, tennis)
Mar. 25A.J. Graves (Butler, basketball); Nora Schober (Loyola, softball)
Apr. 1Andy Hetebrueg (Milwaukee, baseball); Karen Korb (Valparaiso, softball)
Apr. 8Ryan Stohs (Valparaiso, track & field); Holly Nearman (Milwaukee, track & field)
Apr. 15Chris Honig (Valparaiso, track & field); Genni Gardner (Butler, track & field)
Apr. 22Sean Bidzinski (Loyola, golf); Kat Krause (Loyola, softball)
Apr. 29Phil Orno (Cleveland State, tennis); Jenna Reisch (UIC, tennis)
May 6Brett Bivens (Valparaiso, baseball); Ellen Kresl (Loyola, softball)
May 13Aaron Merrill (Youngstown State, outdoor track & field); Alisha Anthony (Youngstown State, outdoor track & field)