Spartan Club Athletes of the Week for Feb. 2: Ethan Edwards & Lillian Paley

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Case Western Reserve University graduate pupil Ethan Edwards, a guard on the lads’s basketball crew, and junior Lillian Paley, a swimmer on the ladies’s swimming and diving crew, have been named the Spartan Club Athletes of the Week for his or her performances this previous week.

Edwards averaged 23.0 factors per sport over a pair of highway University Athletic Association contests for the Spartans final weekend, together with a 29-point effort throughout the crew’s upset win over Twenty second-ranked New York University on Friday. Edwards averaged 30.0 minutes per sport and completed the weekend taking pictures 53.1% total (17-32), together with 60.0% (6-10) from three-point vary and made all three of his free throw makes an attempt. He added 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 0.5 steals per sport throughout the weekend. During the crew’s 87-82 win at NYU on Friday night time, he scored 29 factors on an 11-of-17 taking pictures effort total, together with 5-5 on three-point makes an attempt, with two rebounds and two assists. He adopted that by scoring 17 factors in a 90-79 loss at Brandeis on Sunday, making six photographs on 15 makes an attempt (four-of-10 from three-point vary) with 5 rebounds and a steal. Edwards has scored in double figures in every of the crew’s final 10 video games and leads the squad with 16.7 factors per sport, together with 20.6 factors per sport in UAA play, the third-best mark within the convention. The Spartans stand at 9-9 total, together with a 1-6 mark in convention play midway by the league schedule.

The Spartans will return house subsequent weekend to host Twenty second-ranked New York University on Friday, February 6, at 5:30 p.m., and Brandeis at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 8. Next weekend may even mark Throwback Weekend for the Spartans, because the crew will put on Western Reserve University Red Cats uniforms on Friday night time and Case Institute of Technology Rough Riders uniforms on Sunday, to honor the historical past of the University.

Paley received three for the Twenty fourth-ranked Spartans throughout the squad’s 203-94 twin meet victory over John Carroll University on Saturday in University Heights, Ohio. Paley swept the breaststroke occasions, profitable the 100 Breast in 1:09.89 and the 200 Breast in 2:28.37. She additionally touched the wall first within the 200 IM, finishing the race in 2:13.54. CWRU ended the twin season with a document of 6-3.

The Spartan swimmers will take every week off from intercollegiate competitors earlier than the University Athletic Association Championships. The four-day meet hosted by the University of Chicago on the Ratner Athletic Center runs from Wednesday, February 11 to Saturday, February 14. The groups’ divers will head to Berea, Ohio, on Saturday, February 7 for the Yellow Jacket Diving Invitational.

The Spartan Club Athletes of the Week are chosen by the CWRU Department of Athletics every Monday, based mostly on their efficiency throughout the earlier week of competitors.

Honorable Mentions:

Senior swimmer Mason Bencurik (males’s swimming and diving) positioned first in a pair of occasions for the Sixteenth-ranked Spartans throughout the crew’s 173-115 twin victory of John Carroll University on Saturday in University Heights, Ohio. Bencurik touched the wall first within the 100 Free in 46.88 seconds. He was additionally a member of the 400 Free Relay which took first place in 3:06.05. CWRU ended the twin season with a document of 6-3 following the win over its crosstown rival.

First-year sprinter Samaria Benochi (ladies’s monitor and subject) had three top-two finishes for the Spartans on the Dr. Taraschke Team Challenge hosted by Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, on Friday night. Benochi received the 400-meter sprint in 1:01.10, the Tenth-fastest time within the convention this season. She was additionally a member of the profitable 4×400-meter relay, which recorded a time of 4:16.88. Benochi was the runner-up within the 200-meter sprint in 27.30 seconds. The CWRU ladies’s monitor and subject crew positioned second out of 5 groups on the meet with 73 factors.

The Spartans can be on the highway for a pair of Ohio meets subsequent weekend, heading to Ashland for the Jud Logan Light Giver on Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 and going to Granville for the Bob Shannon Invite hosted by Denison University on Saturday.

Junior guard Mya Hartjes (ladies’s basketball) averaged a team-best 16.0 factors and 5.5 assists per sport over a pair of UAA highway video games for the Spartans final weekend. Hartjes averaged 32.0 minutes per sport and completed the weekend taking pictures 51.9% (14-of-27) total, together with 42.9% (3-of-7) from three-point vary, and made her solely free throw makes an attempt, whereas including 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per sport. She scored 16 factors to guide the crew throughout its 93-64 loss at top-ranked NYU on Friday night time, making seven-of-12 photographs total, together with two-of-three from behind the three-point line, with six assists and two rebounds. On Sunday, in a 77-69 loss at Brandeis, she added one other 16-point exhibiting on a seven-of-15 taking pictures effort (one-of-four from three-point vary) with 5 assists, two rebounds, and two steals. Hartjes leads all CWRU gamers this yr with 15.7 factors and three.6 assists per sport, whereas amassing 6.2 rebounds per sport. The Spartans stand at 8-10 total with a 1-6 UAA mark midway by the league schedule.

The Spartans will return house subsequent weekend to host top-ranked New York University on Friday, February 6, at 7:30 p.m., and Brandeis at 12 p.m. on Sunday, February 8. Next weekend may even mark Throwback Weekend for the Spartans, because the crew will put on Mather College uniforms for each video games to honor the historical past of the University.

Senior hurdler Bryce Hodge (males’s monitor and subject) received the 55-meter hurdles for the Spartans on the Dr. Taraschke Team Challenge hosted by Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, on Friday. In the prelims, Hodge recorded a time of seven.95 seconds, the quickest time amongst all rivals. He adopted that with a mark of seven.88 seconds within the remaining, the fifth-fastest mark in program historical past. After changing the time to 60 meters, Hodge has the second-best time within the convention and the 89th-best time in Division III this season. The CWRU males’s monitor and subject crew completed third out of 5 groups with 52 factors on the meet.

First-year diver Jayna Kawas (ladies’s swimming and diving) swept the boards in a twin meet victory for the Twenty fourth-ranked Spartans over John Carroll University on Saturday in University Heights, Ohio. Kawas positioned first within the 1-meter dive with a rating of 413.70 and received the 3-meter dive with a rating of 396.30. Both scores have been excessive sufficient to rely as qualifying marks for the NCAA Regional Meet in March. CWRU defeated JCU 203-94 to finish the twin season with a document of 6-3.

First-year Hunter Keane (wrestling) achieved the very best end by a Spartan in 15 years on the historic Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational hosted by Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, final weekend, main the squad to its by crew placement on the meet in over 20 years. Keane positioned second within the 141-pound bracket with an total document of 4-1 and three pins. On Friday, he received all three of his matches by fall to advance to the semifinal spherical. Keane defeated Ulises Rosas in 1:22, Noah Henderson in 1:39, and Casper Caizzo in 2:26. In the semifinal, he defeated Sean Conway from the University of Chicago, the eighth-ranked wrestler in Division III, by resolution 5-4. In the ultimate, Keane misplaced to the ninth-ranked nationwide wrestler 13-11. Overall, the Spartans positioned ninth out of 30 groups with 78.0 factors with 5 members of the squad ending on the rostrum. Keane improved to 32-7 in his collegiate debut season with 12 pins and 5 technical falls, profitable 18 of his final 20 matches.

CWRU will journey throughout city for the thirty ninth Annual John Summa Invitational, hosted by Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio. Action is slated to start on Saturday, February 7 at 10 a.m. It would be the crew’s remaining tuneup earlier than the University Athletic Association Championship.

Junior diver Jack Rudofsky (males’s swimming and diving) received each diving occasions for the Sixteenth-ranked Spartans to assist the crew defeat John Carroll University on Saturday in University Heights, Ohio. Rudofsky received the 3-meter dive with a rating of 448.73 and positioned first within the 1-meter dive with a rating of 441.08    . Both scores have been excessive sufficient to rely as qualifying marks for the NCAA Regional Meet in March. CWRU defeated JCU 173-115 to finish the twin season with a document of 6-3.

2025-26 Spartan Club Athletes of the Week:

Sept. 2: Jacob Slater (males’s cross nation) & Jamie Goldfarb (ladies’s soccer)

Sept. 8: Mitchell Fein (males’s soccer) & Maggie Farra (ladies’s soccer)

Sept. 15: Bradley Winter (males’s soccer) & Ceci Dapino (ladies’s soccer)

Sept. 22: Daniel King (soccer) & Halina Tompkins (ladies’s cross nation)

Sept. 29: Sam DeTillio (soccer) & Kalli Wall (volleyball)

Oct. 6: Osi Chukwuocha (soccer) & Ceci Dapino (ladies’s soccer)

Oct. 13: Kalli Wall (volleyball) & Claire Kozma (ladies’s swimming and diving)

Oct. 20: Jacob Slater (males’s cross nation) & Halina Tompkins (ladies’s cross nation)

Oct. 27: Bradley Winter (males’s soccer) & Ellie Palaian (ladies’s soccer)

Nov. 3: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Sohalya Rawlins (ladies’s swimming and diving)

Nov. 10: Thomas Wagner (wrestling) & Emily Plachta (ladies’s basketball)

Nov. 18: Jacob Slater (males’s cross nation) & Kalli Wall (volleyball)

Nov. 24: John Drumm (males’s swimming and diving) & Claire Kozma (ladies’s swimming and diving)

Dec. 1: Andrew Fox (males’s basketball) & Maura Schorr (ladies’s basketball)

Dec. 8: Antonio Sidoti (males’s monitor and subject) & Gianna Phipps (ladies’s monitor and subject)

Jan. 5: Anand Dharmarajan (males’s basketball) & Mya Hartjes (ladies’s basketball)

Jan. 12: Thomas Wagner (wrestling) & Mya Hartjes (ladies’s basketball)

Jan. 20: Hunter Keane (wrestling) & Grace Misiunas (ladies’s monitor and subject)

Jan. 26: William Froass (males’s swimming and diving) & Michelle Lee (ladies’s monitor and subject)

Feb. 2: Ethan Edwards (males’s basketball) & Lillian Paley (ladies’s swimming and diving)