Red Lion Players of the Week Announced
January 21, 2019
The following CCC student-athletes have been recognized as Red Lion Players of the Week for their performances during the period January 14-20
Men’s Wrestling
Montana State-Northern’s Isaac Bartel has been named the Red Lion men’s Wrestler of the Week.
No. 1 ranked Bartel, a sophomore out of Mason City, Iowa, was outstanding at the Missouri Valley Invitational on Friday. Bartel went 5-0 at the invite, taking first place. The path to get there was far from easy, as he had to take down three nationally-ranked athletes en route to the individual title, including No. 3-ranked David Dow in the championship round.
Honorable mention: Riley Siason, Menlo; Adrian Lyons-Lopez, UP
Men’s Basketball
Corban’s AJ Hodges has been chosen as the Red Lion men’s basketball Player of the Week.
After an efficient 4-for-7 showing with 14 points in a tough three-point loss at Eastern Oregon, Hodges led Corban from 18 points down at halftime to a buzzer-beating overtime comeback on Saturday, scoring 33 points en route to upsetting No. 2-ranked College of Idaho. In the second half and overtime, he scored 30 of his 33 points, and he nailed eight long-range efforts while going 12-for-23 from the field overall.
Honorable mention: Jarek Schetzle, EOU
Women’s Basketball
Maya Ah You Dias of Eastern Oregon has been named the Red Lion women’s basketball Player of the Week.
Ah You Dias continued her fantastic stretch over the weekend, adding two more strong performances to her 2018-19 résumé. The senior guard averaged 25 points and nine boards in the No. 13-ranked Mountaineers’ perfect weekend, helping push Eastern Oregon’s win streak to 17 games.
Honorable mention: Syd Fryer, SOU
Men’s Indoor Field
Kristopher Kostelecky of College of Idaho has been selected as the Red Lion men’s indoor field Athlete of the Week.
Kostelecky, a junior out of Twin Falls, Idaho, recorded an over 100-point PR in the heptathlon, hitting the NAIA national cut and logging the No. 3 mark thus far in the NAIA for the 2019 season. In addition, Kostelecky placed second in the high jump (1.93 m) and fourth in the long jump (7.23 m) along the way, rounding out his dazzling performance at the Ed Jacoby Invite.
Honorable mention: Zach Beltz, SOU
Women’s Indoor Field
Eastern Oregon’s Paige Dodd has been chosen as the Red Lion women’s indoor field Athlete of the Week.
Dodd becomes the second-straight Mountaineer representative to earn women’s indoor field Athlete of the Week honors. The senior from Burbank, Wash. recorded 3,484 points in the pentathlon, placing second individually and ranking third in the NAIA so far this season. The top-16 athletes at the end of the year qualify for the national meet on February 28-March 2. Her pentathlon was highlighted by her 1.70-meter mark in the high jump, an automatic qualifying mark itself for nationals (the No. 4 mark in the NAIA this season) and No. 2 in the all-time EOU record books.
Honorable mention: Catylynn Duff, CI
Women’s Indoor Track
Cindy Reed of Oregon Tech has been named the Red Lion women’s indoor track Athlete of the Week.
Followers of the CCC will remember Reed from the 2018 cross country Runner of the Week award-list, with the multi-sport athlete continuing to shine during the early stages of the indoor track season. Competing in the 3K, Reed broke the school record in the event with her time of 10:19.26, putting her at No. 6 currently on the national list. Reed was the only non-NCAA Division I participant to finish in the top 10 in the race.
Honorable mention: none
Men’s Indoor Track
Rhett Gonzalez of Southern Oregon has been chosen as the Red Lion men’s indoor track Athlete of the Week.
Competing in the Ed Jacoby Invitational on Friday, Gonzalez put up impressive marks. The senior from Salinas, Calif. Delivered a runner-up performance in the 60-meter hurdles with his time of 8.21 seconds, good enough for eighth on the NAIA performance list and an automatic qualification to nationals.
Honorable mention: Alex Navarro, EOU
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