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2011-12 Student-Athletes of the Week

May 7-13 Kewby Meyer Baseball Meyer hit .562 (9-for-16) with four runs scored, two doubles and five RBI as the Pack went 4-0 during the week. He collected hits in all four games and mulitple hits in three of the games. He began the week going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, hit a pair of doubles and drove in three in a 9-8 victory over UC Davis on Tuesday. On Friday he again had three hits in four at bats in a 4-1 win. Saturday he was 2-for-5 with a run scored and drove in two as the Pack won 5-4. In the final game of the series he was 1- for-4 and scored a run as the Pack swept the series with a 4-2 victory. His on base percentage was .556 and had a .688 slugging percentage starting all four games at first base.

April 30-May 6 Kevin Lucas Men's Golf Lucas was named first-team All-WAC on Wednesday following the Western Athletic Conference Championships. Lucas finished in a tie for 10th in the 54-hole event, which was played at Rio Secco Golf Club. He carded a 75 in the final round to lead Nevada.

April 23-29 Carlos Escobar Jr. Baseball Escobar hit .429 (6-for-14) with five runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and six RBI in four starts last week as the Wolf Pack went 3-1. Escobar's on base percentage was .467 and he had a slugging percentage of 1.000. He had hits in three of four games and multiple hits in two of the contests. Escobar began the week going 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a double, two home runs and four RBI in a 15-4 win over Pacific. The three hits tied a career high, the two home runs in a game was a first for him, while the three runs scored and four RBI set career highs. In the first game of the Fresno State series on Friday, he was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a double , drove in a run and was intentionally walked once in the 8-2 victory. On Sunday with two outs, he singled in the only run of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Pack won 1-0 to take the series from Fresno State 2-1. Defensively, Escobar threw out two runners during the week that attempted to steal a base.

April 16-22 Jordan Rozenfeld Men's Tennis Competing in his final regular-season weekend in the silver and blue, senior Jordan Rozenfeld went 4-0 while Nevada went 2-0 As a team against WAC foe Utah State and UC Davis on Senior Day. Rozenfeld's two singles wins gave him 11 on the year and put him into double digits for the first time as a member of the Wolf Pack. He also moved to 3-0 in doubles action when he teams up with Victor Ouvrard, as the pair won twice on the doubles courts.

April 9-15 Karlyn Jones Softball Jones went 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA as Nevada won three games overall last week. In 12 total innings, Jones allowed just two runs while striking out nine with zero walks. In a non-conference game at UTEP, Jones, started and scattered eight hits, giving up two runs in the complete-game 9-2 win. She struck out four and did not walk a batter. On Saturday against New Mexico State, Jones came on in relief and tossed five shutout innings, scattering six hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Nevada was trailing at the time and she stabilized the game as the Wolf Pack went on to take an 8-7 win. She improved to 7-4 on the year and won her sixth straight decision after starting 1-4. In WAC play, Jones is now 4-0 with a 1.52 ERA.

April 2-8 Wessim Derbel Men's Tennis Derbel pushed his singles dual record to 14-4 with two victories this weekend, helping Nevada to a sweep of Portland State and a 1-1 record. He partnered with Fernando Sunago to go 2-0 in doubles play as well. Derbel is now three singles wins away from tying the single-season record at Nevada. With two matches remaining in the regular season and WAC tournament play still to come, the senior from La Marsa, Tunisia, is six matches from tying the career mark as well.

March 26-April 1 Bailey Brewer Softball Brewer went 2-1 with a 1.68 earned-run average as Nevada went 3-2 in five road games last week. She struck out 12 and walked just 1 in 16.2 innings pitched. She tossed a complete-game victory on Thursday at Weber State where she struck out eight and did not walk a batter while just allowing one run. She went 5.2 innings and gave up just one run in a 3-1 victory over Utah State on Friday.

March 19-25 Brooks Klein Baseball Klein was 6-12 with three runs scored, one HR, one 2B, one 3B and 3 RBI in three games against LMU from Friday-Sunday, helping Nevada to a 2-1 series win. For the week, he was 6-16 (.375) and slugged .750. He had one walk and an on-base percentage of .412 for the week.

March 12-18 Olek Czyz Men's Basketball Czyz led the Wolf Pack to victories over Oral Roberts and Bucknell in the NIT last week. Against Oral Roberts, Czyz scored 13 points and grabbed ten rebounds as the Pack went on to beat ORU by a score of 68-59. Czyz then poured in 24 points while pulling down six boards in the Pack's 75-67 win over Bucknell.

March 5-11 Karley Hopkins Softball Hopkins hit .433 (13-for-30) with nine runs scores and six RBI as Nevada won three games last week. She recorded four doubles for the week and had an on-base percentage of .485 and a slugging percentage of .567. Hopkins also played errorless ball at shortstop as she notched 14 putouts and 20 assists.

February 27-March 4 Tom Jameson Baseball Jameson pitched seven shutout innings to earn his first win of the season as the Wolf Pack defeated UNLV 1-0 on Sunday. Jameson retired the first eight hitters of the game before allowing a single. He allowed just four hits and struck out three in the game as three Pack pitchers combined on the shutout.

February 20-26 Bradey Shipley Baseball Shipley improved to 2-0 after pitching six scoreless innings in the Pack's 6-4 home opening victory over Utah Valley. Shipley struck out a career-high nine in a career best six innings. He retired the first seven hitters of the game with five being on strikeouts. Shipley pitched 3.1 scoreless innings before allowing a hit. He recorded a strikeout in each inning. He has yet to allow a run in his two starts this season pitch- ing 11 innings.

February 6-12 Mallary Darby Softball Darby was Nevada's most effective pitcher in the circle during the first weekend of the season. She went 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA in two starts. Pitching a total of 19.2 innings, she gave up 15 hits and struck out 13 batters while walking only three. Only one of the 15 its given up by Darby was for extra bases (double). Batters hit a paltry .188 against the Nevada senior over the weekend.

January 30-February 5 La Tijera Avery Track & Field Avery made herself at home on her the first trip Big Apple, exploding over the bar for a new PR of 1.80m/5' 10.75" in the Championship High Jump to take third at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Avery opened the competition at 1.75m/5' 8.75", only a centimeter below her previous PR. It was by far the highest the fourth year multi-talented jumper has ever begun a competition. Showing her resolve, she cleared easily on the first attempt. Missing on her first two attempts at 1.80, Avery blew over the bar on the third attempt. Ultimately unsuccessful at 1.83m/6' 0", Avery got her first looks at a 6' bar during an indoor season. Avery's mark of 1.80m/ 5' 10.75" ties her for 13th nationally opening the door for a possible berth at the NCAA National Championships. Usually, around 16 athletes are taken in each event to the national championships.

January 23-29 Olek Czyz Men's Basketball Czyz averaged 19 points and six rebounds in helping Nevada to a pair of road victories. He shot 53.8 percent from the field and 76.9 percent at the free throw line. In the LA Tech game on Saturday he scored the winning points with 37 seconds to play. With the score tied at 62 he grabbed an offensive rebound of a Dario Hunt miss and scored a basket, was fouled and made the free throw to put the Pack up 65-62 with the final score being 65-63 as Nevada extended its win streak to 15. He finished the night with a game-high 24 points which tied his season-high. Czyz had 10 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Of the 24 points, 16 came in the second half and at one point he scored eight consecutive Pack points. At the free throw line he made 10-of-12. The 10 free throws made is a career high and the 12 attempts tied his career best. On Thursday he scored 14 points, making 7-of-10 shots and grabbed two rebounds in just 24 minutes as the Pack won 68-60 at New Mexico State. It was just Nevada's fifth win in Las Crcues in 16 games and the first time since 2010.

January 16-22 Wessim Derbel Men's Tennis Wessim Derbel. The No. 55 ranked player in the nation, Derbel won four singles matches at the no 1 position last week while Nevada went 2-2. In winning his five singles matches, Derbel dropped only one set, his first against LMU's Alex Wilton on Saturday. In doubles play, Derbel partnered with freshman Fernando Sunago to go 3-1. Here is a breakdown of Derbel's perfect week on the singles courts. A&M CC - Derbel won 6-2, 6-1 over Peter Nagy on court one. UNM - He defeated Jadon Phillips 6-2, 6-4. LMU - Beat Alex Wilton 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2). UC Riverside - Rolled over Felix Macherez 6-1, 6-2.

January 9-15 Deborah Amoah Track & Field Amoah, the team's leading triple-jumper, won that event Saturday, with a mark of 11.97-meters (39'3.25"). Amoah has also taken on learning the 60-meter hurdles this season, and placed fifth (8.83) in just her second-ever competition in the event. Both of her marks are the second best in each event against the WAC this weekend and her time in the hurdles becomes the eighth-best in school history.

January 2-8 Deonte Burton Men's Basketball Burton averaged 25.5 points, 5.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 3.0 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in helping Nevada to a pair of WAC road wins. From the field he shot 59.4 (19-of-32) percent and from behind the arc 46.7 (7-of- 15) percent. At the free throw line he made 6-of-10 attempts. In the two games he had 11 assists and just three turnovers, an assist to turnover ratio of 3.7. At Idaho he scored a game-high 26 points making 9-of-13 field goals which included 4-of-5 three- pointers and made 4-of-6 free throws. He finished with a game-high six assists, had three rebounds, a steal and a block in 33 minutes. In the Utah State game he again scored a game-high finishing with 25 points in helping the Pack snap Utah State's 33-game WAC homecourt win streak. From the field he made 10-of-19 field goals, 3-of-10 three-pointers and 2-of-4 free throws. He dished out five assists, grabbed three rebounds and had two steals playing all 40 minutes.

December 13-19 Olek Czyz Men's Basketball Czyz scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds, collected two steals, one assist and one block in helping Nevada to its fifth consecutive victory downing UC Riverside 71-47. The 15 points tied teammate Malik Story for game-high honors. He shot 66.7 (4-of-6) percent from the field which included 3-of-5 (60%) from behind the three-point arc. At the free throw line he made 4-of-6 (66.7%) attempts.

December 6-12 Cristen Drummond Soccer Drummond graduated from the University of Nevada's Reynolds School of Journalism with a GPA of 3.842. Her emphasis within the school was broadcast journalism. She played four seasons with the soccer team and amassed career totals of nine goals and three assists. Her total points (30) rank her seventh all-time in Wolf Pack history. Drummond was also awarded the honor of Senior Scholar by the Nevada Alumni Association. The honor is bestowed upon the student in each college with the highest GPA.

November 29-December 5 Deonte Burton Men's Basketball Burton scored a career and game-high 31 points in leading Nevada to a 76-73 upset victory in over- time over Washington as the Pack rallied from a 10-point second half deficit. Burton hit a 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds to go in the game to force overtime. His 3-pointer with 1:41 to play in overtime put the Pack up to stay 72-70. In the overtime period he scored Nevada's first eight points and the Pack's final two points of the game and 10th of the extra frame scored on his assist, as he dished to Kevin Panzer who hit a baseline jumper with 19 seconds to go that put the Wolf Pack up by what would be the final score, 76-73.

November 22-28 Kate Kevorken Women's Basketball Kevorken averaged 18.5 points, 4.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game on the week. The senior forward was a major factor in the team's Nugget Classic 71-69 win over Butler, leading all scorers with 23 points. Kevorken followed that performance with 14 points and four assists in the Nugget Classic Championship loss to No. 16 Penn State and was named to the All Tournament Team.

November 15-21 Malik Story Men's Basketball Story averaged 14 points, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.7 rebounds as Nevada went 2-1. At UNLV he scored 19 points in the loss and followed that with a game-high 18 in the Wolf Pack's win over Pacific. From the field he shot 43.3 percent and connected on 50 percent of his 3-pointers making 7-of-14 during the week.

November 8-14 Michelle Okhremchuk Women's Tennis Okhremchuk won Consolation Title at Bulldog Classic in Fresno. She opened play Sunday by beating Erica Medlin of San Jose State 4-6, 6-0, ret. (win by retirement). Medlin was forced to leave the court with an apparent injury after losing the second set. In the finals, Okhremchuk defeated Julija Lukac of Washington in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0. This was Okhremchuk's second-career individual title and first of 2011. In doubles play, the teams of Okhremchuk and Faith Bassiouny and Emma Verberne and Juliette Legendre fell in the semifinals of the doubles A flight.

November 1-7 Moez Echargui Men's Tennis Echargui won the consolation-singles green draw at the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Invitational Sunday. "Moez has been on his game recently," head coach Erik Burton said. "It is great to see him get a win to close out the fall." He was responsible for both of the wins the Wolf Pack earned on what was both the tournament's final day, and the final day of competition of the fall for Nevada. In the semifinals, Echargui defeated Torres of Idaho 6-1, 6-4. In the finals, he continued his strong play by winning in straight sets again, downing Bendeck of Idaho 6-4, 6-3. After losing his opening round match, Echargui lost only one set en route to the consolation-draw title.

October 25-31 Kevin Lucas Men's Golf Lucas led the charge as he followed up a 67 in the second round with a 1-under 70 in Tuesday's final round to place seventh in the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate hosted by New Mexico State. Nevada finished fourth as a team in the strong field. The Wolf Pack made a big run in the final two rounds of the 54-hole event. Nevada will close out the fall portion of its season next week at the Pacific Invitational in Stockton, Calif.

October 18-24 Rishard Matthews Football Matthews returned a Fresno State punt 86 yards for a touchdown in Nevada's 45-38 win over Fresno State. With Nevada leading 3-0 midway through the first quarter, the Wolf Pack defense forced a punt, that Matthews fielded it at the Pack 14. After shedding one tackler and stiff-arming another, he broke free up the right sideline for the 86-yard return for the first touchdown of the game. It was the fourth-longest punt return for a touchdown this year in the FBS. Matthews also had seven catches for 148 yards - his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season.

October 11-17 Khalid Wooten Football Wooten recorded six tackles, forced two fumbles - one of which was returned for a touchdown - and notched an interception as Nevada beat New Mexico 49-7. Wooten's efforts led a Nevada defensive surge that held the Lobos to just 89 passing yards and seven points. In the first half, Wooten stripped New Mexico receiver Deon Long of the ball and the fumble was scooped up and returned 25 yards for a Nevada touchdown. He later punched another ball out and then got his second interception of the season with a pick off New Mexico quarterback B.R. Holbrook.

October 3-10 Brett Roy Football Roy set a career high with 11 tackles, including a sack and four tackles for a loss in Nevada's 37-0 win over UNLV in the Battle for the Fremont Cannon. Roy spearheaded a Nevada effort that held UNLV to just 110 yards of total offense as Nevada produced the first shutout in the 37-game history of the series. It was Nevada's first shutout since 2006 against Louisiana Tech (42-0). The four TFLs matched Roy's single-game career high set against New Mexico State last season. Roy now leads the nation in tackles for loss and ranks fourth in the country in sacks. Roy had one of Nevada's five sacks on the day as UNLV completed just one pass, which came with four minutes left in the game.

September 26-October 2 Wessim Derbel Men's Tennis Derbel won the Main B Singles Draw at the Bulldog Classic this weekend, winning four matches in three days to take the title. The No.1 overall seed in his draw, Derbel earned one win Friday, two wins Saturday and one win on Sunday. His semi-final victory Saturday came in dramatic fashion. After falling behind one set to zero to Jeff Mullen of Oregon, Derbel came back to win the second and third sets by scores of 6-3 and 6-4 respectively. In the finals, Derbel defeated David Ayoun of Fresno State 6-1, 6-0. The senior and team captain will return to the court when he competes at the ITA Regional Championships in Las Vegas, October 19-23.

September 19-25 Kori Disarufino Soccer Disarufino scored a game-winning overtime goal to beat Sacramento State 2-1 Friday in walk off fashion. With time expiring in the first extra session, Disarufino took a ricochet off a Sacramento State defender and put it into the back of the net for the game winner. The goal came in the 100th minute and was unassisted.

September 12-18 Mike Ball Football Ball, a junior from Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS), rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns in Nevada's 17-14 win at San Jose State. Both scores came in the first half to help the Wolf Pack build a 14-7 lead. On the first touchdown drive that went for 11 plays and 77 yards, Ball rushed seven times for 50 yards. On the second touchdown, Ball carried it the last four plays of the drive to punch it into the end zone.

September 5-11 Tessa Lea'ea Volleyball Lea'ea, a freshman middle blocker from Stockton, California, averaged 2.45 kills, 1.09 blocks and 3.14 points with a .350 attack percentage as Nevada went 1-2 at the Hilton Garden Inn Classic in Berkeley, Calif. She earned her first all-tournament honor for her play over the weekend. In the Sac State match she totaled 11 kills, a season-high five blocks and hit .360. In the Pack's win over UT Arlington she had 12 kills and four blocks and once again hit .360. Her two solo blocks versus UTA were a season-high. Nevada went 1-2 in the tournament, held in Berkeley, California. The Pack plays next on September 21, as they open their home schedule against UNLV. The match begins at 6:00.

August 29-September 4 Caitlin Devitt-Payne Cross Country Nevada placed fourth at the 2011 Chase Race held at Ranch San Rafael Park in Reno. The Wolf Pack was led by freshman Caitlin Devitt-Payne who placed fourth, running 19:14. "I'm proud of our runners, especially Caitlin and Gloria [Sosa]" Head Coach Kirk Elias said. "Those two had to run in the lead group today and they ran really well." Nevada returns to action in its second consecutive home meet, the Nevada Chase Race next week. The race will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Shadow Mountain Park.