Schachtner, Comisar named Horizon League Scholar-Athletes of the Week
Dec. 19, 2006
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INDIANAPOLIS -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay sophomore forward Mike Schachtner (men's basketball) and Wright State University senior guard Steph Comisar (women's basketball) have been named the Horizon League Scholar-Athletes of the Week, League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone announced Tuesday (Dec. 19).
Schachtner adds this award to the Player of the Week accolades he picked up earlier in the week for his outstanding performance in two Phoenix victories this week. In a 92-81 victory over Chicago State University last Tuesday, the six-foot-nine sophomore poured in a career-high 36 points on 11-of-15 shooting, including seven-of-eight from three-point range. The 36 points were the most by a Green Bay player since Jeff Nordgaard had 37 against UIC on Feb. 22, 1996. Schachtner was back at it again on Saturday with a game-high 18 points in an 80-48 win over South Dakota State University.
Academically, the Somerset, Wis., native owns a 3.90 grade-point average as a general studies major.
Comisar, playing in just her sixth game of the season, set a new career-high with 21 points in a 55-49 loss to Wake Forest University on Thursday. She also tied her collegiate best marks of five rebounds and three steals in the contest, while shooting seven-of-16 from the field and five-of-11 from three-point territory. Comisar, who is also the goalkeeper on the WSU women's soccer team, has scored 40 points in her last two outings on the hardwood, draining nine three-pointers.
In the classroom, Comisar owns a 3.27 grade-point average in her studies as an accounting major. She has earned Wright State's highest honors once and high honors twice while also being named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll in both the spring and fall last year.
The Horizon League instituted the Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards for this academic year 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 and 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:
Blake Booher, UIC (swimming and diving, senior, 3.42, political science) set two new pool records in a Flames' victory at Western Illinois University's Brophy Hall Pool. He took home the 100-freestyle in :46.36, then swam a :20.82 leadoff to UIC's winning 200-freestyle relay.
A.J. Graves, Butler (basketball, junior, 3.370, actuarial science) scored a team-high 25 points in the Bulldogs' nationally televised 68-65 victory over Purdue University in the Wooden Tradition. Graves went five-of-five from the free-throw stripe to continue a streak of 32 in a row. (He also made first 29 of the season.) He paces the conference with 2.75 three-pointers per game and is fourth in steals with 1.75 per contest.
Tom Levin, Loyola (basketball, junior, 3.58, economics) had three rebounds and three blocks in the Ramblers' 76-67 victory over the University of Northern Iowa. Levin has been a key reserve on a Loyola squad that has started the season 8-3.
Jordan Pleiman, Wright State (basketball, junior, 3.43, middle childhood education) posted 18 points and 14 rebounds in a pair of Raiders' losses to Bowling Green State University and Marshall University last week.
OTHER FEMALE NOMINEES:
Andrea Giczewski, UIC (swimming and diving, junior, 3.563, communications) was victorious in two events at Western Illinois on Saturday. She swam a :25.11 50-freestyle and a 1:01.14 100-backstroke for the two wins.
Kayla Groh, UW-Green Bay (basketball, junior, 3.56, business administration) scored in double figures in both of UW-Green Bay's victories last week. Against the University of Wisconsin, she had 11 points to lead the Phoenix to its third win over Big Ten Conference competition this season. She followed that with a 13-point performance in just 19 minutes at Chicago State.
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Note: Previous winners can be found on the PDF version of this release.
