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Western Michigan's Daniy, UMass' Catherwood Earn Scholar Athlete of the Week Honors

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today its Scholar Athletes of the Week. Western Michigan sophomore Danielle Daniy (women's golf) and UMass senior Collin Catherwood (cross country) earned the female and male honors, respectively, for their performances in the previous 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).

FEMALE WINNER
Institution: Western Michigan
Name: Danielle Daniy
Sport: Golf
Position:
Year: Sophomore
GPA: 3.95
Major: Pre-Aerospace Engineering
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events):  Danielle Daniy became the first Western Michigan golfer to win an individual tournament in five years at the Bronco Fall Classic last week. Daniy was the only player in the 30 person field to finish under par across three rounds on Monday October 12 and Tuesday October 13. Daniy shot rounds of 69-72-71 for a tournament total of 212 (-4) to win the Bronco Fall Classic. Daniy’s performance at WMU’s home tournament was the second lowest total for a 54-hole tournament in program history at 212. She also led the tournament field in birdies (12), par 4 scoring (even), and par 5 scoring (-4).

MALE WINNER
Institution: Massachusetts
Name: Collin Catherwood
Sport: Cross Country
Year: Senior
GPA: 3.87
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): Collin Catherwood continued his dominant senior campaign, finishing second overall out of 286 runners in the 8k at the IC4A Championships with a time of 23:48.4, leading Massachusetts to a fourth-place finish in a field of 25 teams. In his three races this season, Catherwood has picked up one win, one runner up finish and a sixth-place finish, establishing himself as one of the top runners in the northeast region.