Red Lion Players of the Week Announced
LAGRANDE, Ore.-The following CCC student-athletes have been recognized as Red Lion Players of the Week for their performances during the period January 23-29.
Bryan Beard
Men’s Basketball
Oregon Tech’s Bryan Beard has been named the Red Lion Men’s Basketball Player of the Week of the week.
Beard, a senior from Pendleton Ore., Averaged a double-double of 22.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in helping the No. 24 Hustlin’ Owls to two wins over the weekend.
Beard shot .815 percent from the field going 10-12 against Multnomah and 12-15 against Warner Pacific.
Honorable mention: Kentrell Washington, EOU, Ben DeSaulnier, SOU
Ashleigh Vandenbrink
Women’s Basketball
Oregon Tech’s Ashleigh Vandenbrink has been named the Red Lion Women’s Basketball Player of the week.
Vandenbrink, a senior from Davis, Calif., led the Lady Owls to two wins over the weekend against Multnomah and Warmer Pacific.
Against the Knights Vandenbrink was 8-13 from behind the three point line on the way to a career high 30 points. With her eleven threes in the two games she became the all-time leader in three-point field goals in OIT history for men or women with 275.
Vandenbrink now has scored 1,367 career points pushing her to 4th all-time at OIT just five points behind third place.
Honorable mention: Jeni Hoffert, NCU
Cassidy Brown
Women’s Indoor-Track
Northwest’s Cassidy Brown has been named the Red Lion Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week.
Brown, a junior from Auburn, Wash., ran the anchor leg on the women's DMR which placed 11th at the University of Washington Indoor Invitational Cassidy broke the 5 minute mark in the 1600m leg of the relay for a career best.
The DMR ran a 12:06.95, the best time in the NAIA this season by 9 seconds and ran the second best time in school history by 5 seconds.
Honorable mention: None