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West, Tabeling Tabbed Scholar Athletes of the Week

The Scholar Athlete of the Week Award is presented to a MAC male and/or female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. An institution can nominate up to one male and one female student-athlete per week in any of that current season's sports. The winners are selected by a representative of the MAC's Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs).

MALE WINNER
Institution: NIU
Name: Blake West
Sport: Wrestling
Position:
Year: Redshirt Senior
GPA: 4.0
Major: Biological Sciences
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): Blake West won the 125-pound title at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championship on Tuesday at Northwestern. After starting the tournament with a bye, West defeated Ayden Bollinger of Indiana 9-3 and James Garcia of Franklin & Marshall 7-0 to reach the semifinals. He then earned a 15-8 sudden victory win over Iowa State’s Christian Castillo to reach the title bout, where he beat Tyler Chappell of Pittsburgh 6-5.  
 
FEMALE WINNER
Institution: Ohio
Name: Bailey Tabeling
Sport: Women’s Basketball
Position: Guard
Year: Junior 
GPA: 3.502
Major: Sport Management  
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): 
Junior guard Bailey Tabeling helped lead the Ohio women’s basketball to a 2-0 week this past week helping the Bobcats open MAC play for the first time since 2015-16. Overall, Tabeling averaged 18.0 points per game, while going 14-of-24 (.583) from the field, 8-of-14 (.571) from three and averaged 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. On Dec. 31 at CMU, Tabeling finished the game with 20 points, going 8-of-17 from the field, 4-of-9 from three, while grabbing three rebounds and three steals. Tabeling’s biggest basket of the game was as time expired and she hit a three to tie the game and send it to overtime and leading the Bobcats to the 85-83 win. Tabeling was clutch against on Jan. 3 against Akron, leading Ohio with 16 points and four rebounds. She went 6-of-7 from the field, 4-of05 from three and recorded one steal and one block in the 73-56 win.