CHICAGO – The College of Chicago obtained a mixed three Athlete of the Week awards from the College Athletic Affiliation (UAA) and Faculty Convention of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW).
Veronica Fong was chosen as UAA Girls’s Diver of the Week for the sixth time this season. Fong submitted stellar performances on the NCAA Diving Regional as she swept each boards in a area of 34 opponents. Within the three-meter dive, the Maroon rookie scored 479.35 factors and received the title by 50 factors. The following day, she triumphed within the one-meter dive with a rating of 442.40 factors.
Grace Hynes captured her third UAA Athlete of the Week in ladies’s basketball. The UChicago guard scored 31 factors to steer the No. 14-ranked Maroons to a 71-63 win over rival Washington College – St. Louis on Senior Day. Hynes surpassed 30 factors in a recreation for the third time this season whereas additionally including eight rebounds and three assists. She shot 50 % from the sector and made 13 of 15 free throws.
Hailey Klinger was the CCIW’s Defensive Pupil-Athlete of the Week in ladies’s lacrosse. The No. 17-ranked Maroons made their season debut over the weekend with a one-sided 24-3 victory at DePauw College. Klinger tallied 4 floor balls and three precipitated turnovers within the contest. The defensive unit solely allowed eight whole pictures and compelled 28 turnovers. The Tigers transformed 5-of-18 clear makes an attempt.
