Bowling Green State University Athletics
Hammond, Pontius Named Papa John's Athletes Of The Week
February 21, 2011 | General, Ice Hockey, Women's Basketball
Each week, the Bowling Green State University Athletic Department names the Papa John's Athletes of the Week, as selected by the athletic communications department based on their athletic performances from the previous week. This week's winners are hockey player Andrew Hammond and women's basketball player Tracy Pontius
Male Athlete of the Week
Andrew Hammond, a sophomore goaltender from Surrey, British Columbia, stopped 17-of-19 shots taken against him in Friday night's 2-2 tie with Northern Michigan. He had two key stops in the last twenty seconds of both the third and overtime periods, inducing a shootout. Against four shooters, Hammond stonewalled all four shot attempts against him helping the Falcons to a 1-0 shoot out victory in his lone appearance of the weekend. His numbers in 64:57 played include a 1.85 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
Female Athlete of the Week
Tracy Pontius, a senior guard from Morton, Ill., averaged 23.0 points per game as the Falcons swept a pair of games this week. She scored 17 points in a 77-63 win over Ohio Wednesday and then expoded for 29 points in the team's 73-61 win at Miami Saturday. She was 15-of-25 from the field and made 9-of-16 three-point attempts on the week. She moved into second place on the BGSU career list with 217 made three-pointers and went over the 1,300 point plateau in her career.
Full list of Athletes Of The Week
Male Athlete of the Week
Andrew Hammond, a sophomore goaltender from Surrey, British Columbia, stopped 17-of-19 shots taken against him in Friday night's 2-2 tie with Northern Michigan. He had two key stops in the last twenty seconds of both the third and overtime periods, inducing a shootout. Against four shooters, Hammond stonewalled all four shot attempts against him helping the Falcons to a 1-0 shoot out victory in his lone appearance of the weekend. His numbers in 64:57 played include a 1.85 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
Female Athlete of the Week
Tracy Pontius, a senior guard from Morton, Ill., averaged 23.0 points per game as the Falcons swept a pair of games this week. She scored 17 points in a 77-63 win over Ohio Wednesday and then expoded for 29 points in the team's 73-61 win at Miami Saturday. She was 15-of-25 from the field and made 9-of-16 three-point attempts on the week. She moved into second place on the BGSU career list with 217 made three-pointers and went over the 1,300 point plateau in her career.
Full list of Athletes Of The Week
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