Herbet, Drobac Named Miami Athletes of the Week

For their performances final week, Kaylin Herbet and Matteo Drobac are Miami’s Athletes of the Week, introduced by Skyline Chili for the week of Jan. 12.

Female Winner: Kaylin Herbet
Kaylin Herbet helped the Miami girls’s swimming and diving crew to victory over Oakland and Denison final weekend, producing six first-place finishes in a tri-meet in Michigan. Herbet gained the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free whereas additionally capturing first place with three Miami relays (200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay).  A junior swimmer from Winter Springs, Fla., she is finding out Journalism/Media and Communication and Humanities Engagement (certificates) within the College of Arts and Science.

Male Winner: Matteo Drobac
Matteo Drobac stopped 62 of the 64 pictures he confronted throughout two video games at Arizona State final weekend, serving to Miami earn a sequence break up with the Sun Devils. Drobac’s 37 saves in a 2-1 extra time triumph Friday was essentially the most by a Miami goalie in a victory since Feb. 25, 2023 and helped the RedHawks win when scoring two or much less targets for the primary time since Nov. 26, 2023. Drobac and Miami have been an ideal 7-for-7 on the penalty kill this weekend, together with a serious, towards a Sun Devils crew that got here into the weekend tied for fifth within the nation in power-play targets. A sophomore goaltender from Oakville, Ontario, he’s finding out Electrical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computing.