Northern State University Athletics - Boeck picks up NSIC weekly honor

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Athletes of the Week

James Paul

Baseball

James Paul (Sr., SS, R/R, 5-8, 165, Paynesville, Minn. / Paynesville HS) led the Wolves batters with a .542 average in their 1-5 week this week. He went 13-24 with five RBI, two doubles, and four runs scored with a .625 slugging percentage and a .577 on-base percentage (1.202 OPS). The senior also earned two walks and was a perfect 2-2 on stolen base attempts.

Ashley Gabler

Softball

Ashley Gabler (OF, So., Minnetonka, Minn./Benilde-St. Margarets HS) led the Wolves with a .357 batting average in six conference games this week. After struggling in two home games on Wednesday, Gabler bounced back to go 5-for-9 (.556) at the plate for the Wolves in their four-game road trip and racked up a .600 on base percentage. The sophomore drilled her second home run of the season in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader against 24th ranked Minnesota State, Mankato, breaking up the Mavericks’ shut-out bid in the process.

NSU senior Mitch Boeck was 16-for-18 from the free throw line in a pair of weekend wins for the Wolves.

Boeck picks up NSIC weekly honor

NSU Sports Information

2/8/2010 2:37:12 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Northern State University senior Mitch Boeck has been named as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Week for his performances on the court over the weekend. Boeck racked up 62 total points for the Wolves while leading the team to two straight road wins over Winona State on Friday and Upper Iowa on Saturday.

The weekend effort was one of the best of Boeck’s career, as the senior averaged 31.0 points per game on 22-for-37 shooting (59.5 percent) from the floor. He scored 25 points on Friday at Winona State and came up with several key steals down the stretch to preserve the Wolves’ first win at WSU since March 6, 2005. He then returned to score a career-best 37 points in Saturday’s win, including the team’s last 16 points in the final five minutes of the game.

For the weekend, Boeck scored 62 points and was 16 of 18 from the free throw line. He also had seven assists, three blocks and three steals while playing 67 of a possible 80 minutes. That performance gives Boeck 993 career points with five games left in the regular season.

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