Mitchler, Heldmann Earn WIAC Athlete of the Week Honors

     A pair of UW-Stevens Point athletes have been selected as Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week for their performances during the past week.

     Jenna Mitchler was named the league�s women�s cross country Athlete of the Week and Dan Heldmann was awarded the football special teams Athlete of the Week honor.

     Mitchler, a senior from Kaukauna, won the individual title at Saturday�s UW-Oshkosh Invitational as the Pointers placed second among seven teams. Mitchler posted a winning time of 21:41 in the 6,000-meter event to finish first among 112 participants. It was her second consecutive individual title after winning the Ripon Invitational the previous week.

     Heldmann, a senior from Sturgeon Bay who attended Southern Door High School, connected on all three field goal attempts and two extra points to lead the Pointers to a 23-16 win over UW-River Falls. It marked the seventh time in school history that a kicker has made three field goals in a single game and the first since Ricardo Vega against UW-Eau Claire in 2001.