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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
11/3/2014 Jared Pankow Football
11/3/2014 Adam Wachowiak Football
11/3/2014 Emily Lester Women's Hockey
10/27/2014 Deion Jones Football
10/27/2014 Tyler Job Football
10/27/2014 DeJuan Wright Football
10/27/2014 Ethan Bott Swimming & Diving
10/27/2014 Amanda Walker Swimming & Diving
10/27/2014 Emma Brunkhorst Volleyball
10/27/2014 Alexis Hartman Volleyball
10/27/2014 Emily Schlebecker Cross Country
10/27/2014 Andrew Studinski Cross Country
10/20/2014 Neil Pedersen Cross Country
10/20/2014 Morgan Voigt Women's Soccer
10/20/2014 Lauren Dilley Cross Country
10/20/2014 Emma Brunkhorst Volleyball
10/20/2014 Hannah Picel Volleyball
10/20/2014 Austin Cordell Football
10/20/2014 Dan Brown Football
10/20/2014 Jared Pankow Football
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