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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Payton Nelson

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    5/17/2021
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Nelson hit .647 with four home runs, a 1.471 slugging percentage and 10 RBI in a four-game sweep of UW-Platteville to help UWSP clinch the first league title in 10 years.  Nelson began the week with a career-high five hits in game one on Wednesday.  He hits two home runs, his first multi-homer game, and tied a career high with five RBI.  In game two, he hit another home run and added two doubles with two RBI and three runs.  On Saturday in Platteville, he hit another home run in game one with two RBI.  In the series finale, ended his hitting streak against the Pioneers to nine-straight dating back to 2018.



Other Nominees

JD Schultz, Baseball
Schultz tossed 7.0 to earn the win in the league-title clinching season finale at UW-Platteville.  He struck out 13 and allowed just two hits in the win.  He held Pioneers hitters to a .091 average in the game.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/11/2019 Ashtyn Wiltscheck Women's Hockey
12/4/2019 Ethan Bublitz Men's Basketball
12/4/2019 Nicole Neuberger Women's Hockey
11/20/2019 Amber Baehman Women's Basketball
11/20/2019 Jordan Weinzetl Wrestling
11/13/2019 Matt Berlin Wrestling
11/13/2019 Olivia Schultz Women's Hockey
11/6/2019 Matt Berlin Wrestling
11/6/2019 Maddy Hardyman Women's Soccer
10/30/2019 April Gehl Volleyball
10/30/2019 Donovan Lucas Football
10/23/2019 Lauren Johnson Women's Soccer
10/23/2019 Matt Stelmasek Cross Country
10/16/2019 April Gehl Volleyball
10/16/2019 Berkley Corvino Football
10/9/2019 Jonte Webb Football
10/9/2019 Kaitlyn Hess Women's Soccer
10/2/2019 Brooke Tuszka Women's Golf
10/2/2019 Ellie Adams Volleyball
9/25/2019 Miranda Nieman Women's Soccer
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