ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

• Evon Russell (Triton wrestling, Jeffersonville graduate, Fr.) — National Junior College Athletic Association regional in Chicago, Feb. 10: placed fourth in the 141-pound division to qualify for the NJCAA National Championships in Rochester, Minn., Feb. 21-23.



CHARLESTOWN

• Chris Brady (IU Southeast baseball, Fr.) — at Union (Ky.), Feb. 9, 18-8 loss: 0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 BB.

• Jeremy Brown (Indiana State men’s track, So.) — DePauw Invitational in Greencastle, Feb. 9: fifth in 800, 1:59.89.

• Kendra Stumler (St. Mary-of-the-Woods women’s basketball, Jr.) — home vs. Spalding, Feb. 7, 81-70 win: seven points, 3-4 FG, 1-3 FT, two rebounds, game-high two blocks.

• Kelsie Thrasher (Kentucky Christian women’s basketball, Jr.) — home vs. Appalachian Bible College, Feb. 8, 88-23 win: 12 points; notes: Thrasher and the Knights are currently the top-ranked team in the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II poll.



CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA

• Tristan Mannix (Southern Indiana men’s track, Sr.) — DePauw Invitational, Feb. 9: first in mile, 4:19.01; second in 1,000, 2:38.73; notes: The victory in the mile was Mannix’s third straight win.



CLARKSVILLE

• Candace Bain (Butler women’s basketball, Sr.) — home vs. Illinois-Chicago, Feb. 7, 56-48 win: two points, 1-4 FG, three rebounds; home vs. Loyola of Chicago, Feb. 9, 67-64 loss: two points, 1-2 FG, two rebounds.

• Amanda Moore (St. Joseph’s women’s track, So.) — Wabash Open Indoor Invitational in Crawfordsville, Feb. 9: 17th in 800, 3:11.54.

• Ashley Moore (St. Joseph’s women’s cross country, Sr.) — notes: Moore has been named to the NCAA Division II Academic All-America team for the 2007 season. The team was chosen by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Moore is a criminal justice major with a 3.94 grade-point average.

• Tiffany Welcher (Alabama women’s tennis, Fr.) — home vs. Louisville, Feb. 9, 5-2 loss: No. 1 singles win, 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 doubles loss, 8-2; home vs. Rice, Feb. 10, 4-3 loss: No. 1 singles loss, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6(1); No. 2 doubles loss, 8-6.



FLOYD CENTRAL

• Lindsey Fischer (Indianapolis women’s tennis, Sr.) — at Drury, Feb. 10, 7-2 loss: No. 1 singles loss, 6-0, 6-1; No. 1 doubles loss, 8-3.

• Trevor Griffin (Millikin wrestling, So.) — Midstates Wrestling Championships, Feb. 9: fifth in 174-pound division with a 3-2 record; notes: Griffin was named to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Fall Academic All-Conference Team as a member of the Millikin men’s soccer squad. Griffin, a history education major, had to have at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA to make the team.

• Jeremy Hutslar (Lee baseball, Sr.) — home vs. Virginia Intermont, Feb. 8, Game 1, 6-0 win: 2-4, R, 2 SB; home vs. Virginia Intermont, Feb. 8, Game 2, 9-1 win: 1-2, 3 R, RBI, SB; home vs. Virginia Intermont, Feb. 9, Game 1, 11-1 win: 3-4, 3 RBIs, 2 R, 2B, SB; home vs. Virginia Intermont, Feb. 9, Game 2, 13-5 win: 1-4, R, RBI, 2B.

• Allison Laird (Southern Indiana women’s track, Fr.) — DePauw Invitational, Feb. 9: first in 5,000, 19:29.77.

• Janelle Nassim (Florida Atlantic women’s swimming, Fr.) — at Florida State, Feb. 8: fourth in 200 breaststroke, 2:33.71; sixth in 100 breaststroke, 1:10.30; at Florida, Feb. 9: fifth in 200 medley relay, 1:58.61; fifth in 200 breaststroke, 2:34.91; sixth in 100 breaststroke, 1:10.83.

• Dallas Sims (Lee baseball, Sr.) — home vs. Virginia Intermont, Feb. 8, Game 1, 6-0 win: winning pitcher, 7 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 7 K, 0 BB.

• Angela Smith (Bellarmine women’s basketball, Sr.) — at Northern Kentucky, Feb. 9, 72-59 loss: 10 points, 3-9 FG, 2-5 3-pt., 2-2 FT, two rebounds, two assists; notes: Smith tied the career school record for 3-pointers made against the Norse. She now has 231 treys.

• Alexandra Wolfe (Bellarmine women’s track, So.) — Wabash Open Indoor Invitational, Feb. 9: second in high jump, 4-10 1/4; fifth in triple jump, 33-9 1/4; 10th in long jump, 15-6 1/4.



JEFFERSONVILLE

• Amy Austin (Southern Illinois-Edwardsville women’s basketball, Sr.) — at Wisconsin-Parkside, Feb. 9, 74-63 loss: three points, 1-6 FG, 1-2 FT, team-high three assists; notes: Austin played in an 80-71 loss at Lewis on Feb. 7. She had one point and one assist.

• Jasmine Baines (Southern Indiana women’s basketball, Sr.) — home vs. St. Joseph’s, Feb. 7, 72-24 win: eight points, 3-12 FG, 2-2 FT, game-high eight rebounds; home vs. Indianapolis, Feb. 9, 63-56 loss: team-high 15 points, 3-10 FG, 9-10 FT, six rebounds, two steals.

• Justin Cunningham (Triton wrestling, Fr.) — National Junior College Athletic Association regional in Chicago, Feb. 10: placed sixth in his division, falling two spots short of making the NJCAA nationals.

• Tyler Dixon (Ball State men’s swimming, So.) — home vs. Miami, Ohio, Feb. 9: first in 200 backstroke, 1:58.37; fifth in 200 butterfly, 2:01.90.

• Susan Elliott (Evansville women’s tennis, Fr.) — at Western Kentucky, Feb. 9, 6-1 win: No. 3 doubles win, 8-1.

• Jeramie Gray (Indiana State men’s track, So.) — Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Feb. 8-9: ninth in 60 dash finals, 6.87; 10th in 60 dash preliminaries, 6.92.

• Ben Hesen (Indiana men’s swimming, Sr.) — home vs. Purdue, Feb. 9: first in 400 medley relay, 3:15.62, season best and NCAA “B” cut time; sixth in 200 butterfly, 1:51.84; seventh in 200 backstroke, 1:58.43.

• Sabrina Johnson (Gulf Coast Community women’s basketball, Fr.) — at Okaloosa-Walton, Feb. 9, 72-62 win: four points, two field goals made;

• Ryan Jones (IU Southeast baseball, Jr.) — at Union (Ky.), Feb. 8, Game 2, 9-0 loss: 1-2; at Union (Ky.), Feb. 9, 18-8 win: R; notes: Jones played in Game 1 of doubleheader at Union (Ky.), which was a 10-4 loss.

• Josh Lowery (IU Southeast men’s basketball, So.) — at IU East, eight points 4-8 FG.

• Neal Masterson (Bellarmine men’s track, Fr.) — Wabash Open Indoor Invitational, Feb. 9: first in 5,000, 15:28.63.

• Brad Nickles (IU Southeast baseball, Sr.) — at Union (Ky.), Feb. 8, Game 1, 10-4 loss: losing pitcher, 2.2 IP, 8 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K.

• Ashley Pait (Kentucky Wesleyan women’s basketball, So.) — home vs. Indianapolis, Feb. 7, 60-59 win: six points, 2-2 FG, 1-1 3-pt., 1-3 FT, two rebounds; home vs. St. Joseph’s, Feb. 9, 74-39 win: three points, 1-3 FG, 1-2 3-pt., game-high eight assists, game-high two blocks, two rebounds.

• P.J. Thomas (Southern Indiana baseball, Jr.) — at Armstrong Atlantic, Feb. 10, 13-2 loss: 2.1 IP, 6 R, 6 ER, 8 H, 3 K.



NEW ALBANY

• Trisha Bennett (Bellarmine women’s basketball, Jr.) — at Northern Kentucky, Feb. 9, 72-59 loss: two points, 1-3 FG, three rebounds.

• Craig Bryant (IU Southeast men’s basketball, So.) — at Asbury, Feb. 9, 100-72 win: 11 points, 5-8 FG, 1-3 3-pt.; at IU East, Feb. 13, 141-81 win; three assists; five points, 2-5 FG.

• Derick Hobbs (IU Southeast men’s basketball, So.) — at Asbury, Feb. 9, 100-72 win: game-high 21 points, 9-16 FG, 3-7 3-pt., three rebounds, three assists; at IU East, Feb. 13, 141-81 victory; 17 points, 6-12 FG; 4-8 3-pt.

• Jay Horrey (Wabash men’s tennis, Jr.) — home vs. Franklin, Feb. 7, 9-0 win: No. 3 singles win, 6-1, 6-2; No. 1 doubles win, 8-2; home vs. Kenyon, Feb. 9, 8-1 loss: No. 3 singles loss, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4; No. 1 doubles loss, 9-7; home vs. Transylvania, Feb. 9, 9-0 win: No. 3 singles win, 6-0, 6-3; No. 1 doubles win, 8-6.

• Jeff Lane (Vincennes men’s track, Fr.) — DePauw Invitational, Feb. 9: first in 200, 22.67.

• Mitchell Meyer (Hanover men’s basketball, Fr.) — home vs. Manchester, Feb. 9, 71-61 win: 12 points, 5-8 FG, 2-3 3-pt., three rebounds; home vs. Franklin, Feb. 13, 66-51 loss: led team with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

• Kristen Roberts (Vincennes women’s track, Fr.) — DePauw Invitational, Feb. 9: third in 55 dash preliminaries, 7.61; fourth in 55 dash finals, 7.63; eighth in 200, 27.97; 11th in long jump, 15-3 1/4.

• Eric Schulz (Indiana State men’s track, So.) — Meyo Invitational, Feb. 8-9: 56th in 3,000, 9:20.92.

• Kaycee Tharp (Loyola of Chicago softball, Jr.) — vs. UNLV, Sportco Spring Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas, Feb. 8, 12-11 win, eight innings: 1-4, RBI; vs. Texas Tech, Sportco Spring Kick-Off Classic, Feb. 9, 3-2 win: 1-2, R; vs. Arizona State, Sportco Spring Kick-Off Classic, Feb. 9, 8-0 loss, five innings: 1-2; vs. Arizona State, Sportco Spring Kick-Off Classic, Feb. 10, 8-6 loss: 3-3, RBI.

• Whitney Todd (Danville Area Community women’s basketball, So.) — at Lewis & Clark, Feb. 9, 88-68 loss: six points, 2-6 FG, 2-2 FT, three rebounds; home vs. Illinois Valley, Feb. 11, 101-63 win: 10 points, 4-9 FG, 2-2 FT, game-high four assists, game-high four steals



PRESENTATION ACADEMY

• Alden Krausse (IU Southeast women’s basketball, Fr.) — at Northwestern Ohio, Feb. 7, 66-58 win: three points, 1-6 FG, 1-4 3-pt., two rebounds, two assists.



PROVIDENCE

• Justin Benedetti (Bellarmine men’s basketball, Fr.) — at Northern Kentucky, Feb. 9, 75-71 win: three points, 1-1 FG, 1-1 3-pt.

• Britney Freiberger (Indiana women’s track, Jr.) — Meyo Invitational, Feb. 8-9: 26th in 300, 42.19, career best; 34th in 60 hurdles preliminaries, 9.11.

• Maria Hornung (Bellarmine women’s tennis, Sr.) — home vs. Georgetown (Ky.), Feb. 11, 9-0 loss: No. 4 singles loss, 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 doubles loss, 8-6.

• Noah Huffman (Indianapolis men’s track, So.) — Wabash Open Indoor Invitational, Feb. 9: sixth in weight throw, 45-6 1/4.



SILVER CREEK

• Ben Ahlbrand (Franklin men’s tennis, Jr.) — at Wabash, Feb. 7, 9-0 loss: No. 4 singles loss, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 doubles loss, 8-1.



ALSO SEEING ACTION

• Allison Jackson (Indianapolis women’s basketball, Silver Creek graduate, Jr.) — one game (at Kentucky Wesleyan, Feb. 7, 60-59 loss).

• Josh Lowery (IU Southeast men’s basketball, Jeff grad, Fr.) — one game (at Asbury, Feb. 9, 100-72 win, played two minutes and 12 seconds.)

If you have any information about local college athletes, contact Kevin Harris at 812-206-2117 or kevin.harris@newsandtribune.com.