University of Illinois Springfield senior basketball player Megan Bergerud has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week.
The Virginia native had her best game in her final performance in a UIS uniform, scoring 31 points in a season-ending loss to McKendree.
UIS baseball senior Barry Arnett has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week.
Arnett is the first UIS baseball player to earn the league’s weekly honor. The Bartonville Limestone High School graduate led the Prairie Stars to a 4-1 victory over Northwood (Mich.) in the season-opener last Friday.
Molly Manietta, a first baseman on the UIS softball team, has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week, the first time a member of the Prairie Stars has received the GLVC honor. Manietta batted .545 average for the week (6-for-11) with a .727 slugging percentage last week as UIS went 2-2.
The story was published by The State Journal-Register on March 5, 2014.
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