Players of the Week � May 6

Baseball - Position Player

Randy Reed (Appleton, WI/East) � The senior centerfielder hit .462 for the week (18-for-39) as the Pointers went 7-1 to capture the WIAC championship. Among Reed's 18 hits, 12 were for extra bases with six doubles, two triples and four home runs for a 1.062 slugging percentage. He also had 12 runs scored and 16 RBI's with hits in all eight games as the Pointers averaged 10.5 runs per game for the week.

Baseball - Pitcher

Shane Standifer (Princeton, WI/Princeton) � The freshman earned two victories for the Pointers and also pitched 3 2/3 strong innings in a start in the 8-7 win over UW-Whitewater Sunday that clinched the WIAC championship. Standifer earned the win in a 9-8 win over UW-Stout in 10 innings and pitched five innings allowing one hit in a 10-2 win over UW-Oshkosh. For the week, he pitched 10 2/3 innings, allowing 10 hits and five earned runs while striking out eight and walking five.

Softball - Position Player

Melissa Mullins (Appleton, WI/East) � The senior leftfielder went four-for-15 for the week with hits in each game at the WIAC tournament as the Pointers went 1-2 at the WIAC tournament. She drove in the team's lone run with a second inning RBI single in a 2-1 loss to UW-Whitewater and finished three-for-eight at the tournament.

Softball � Pitcher

Karen Guckenberger (South Milwaukee, WI/South Milwaukee) � The junior went 2-2 with a 0.90 ERA for the week, including a 10-inning shutout of Division II UW-Parkside. For the week, she pitched 31 innings allowing 16 hits and four earned runs. She struck out 26 batters and walked four while setting the school's single-season strikeout record with 143 and single-season ERA record at 0.73.

Men�s Track Events

Matt Buska (Mosinee, WI) � The junior placed second in the 400-meter run at the WIAC Championships in La Crosse. Buska�s time of 48.69 seconds provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He was also a member of the 400-meter relay team and the 1,600-meter relay team, both of which finished second and met the provisional qualifying standard.

Men�s Field Events

Cory Lesperance (Sheboygan, WI) � The junior claimed the WIAC Championship in the long jump in La Crosse this weekend. Lesperance jumped 7.08 meters (23� 2.75��) to win by over two inches. Lesperance�s jump also provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships.

Women�s Track Events

Becky Lebak (Burlington, WI/Burlington) � The senior was a double winner at the WIAC Championships in La Crosse last weekend. Lebak won the 10,000-meter run in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 36:41.68. She then completed the sweep of the distance events by winning the 5,000 meters in 17:36.21, also qualifying for the NCAA Championships in that event.

Women�s Field Events

Amanda Nechuta (Mosinee, WI/Mosinee) � The freshman claimed UW-Stevens Point�s first WIAC shot put title since 1990. Nechuta�s toss of 14.03 meters (46� 0.5��) won the event at the WIAC Championships and automatically qualified her for the NCAA Championships. Nechuta also finished third in the discus with a throw of 41.10 meters (134� 10��).