Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Assistant Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
GRINNELL, Iowa — The Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its Performers of the Week award recipients for the week of November 11-17, 2019 on Tuesday.
MWC sports information directors nominate student-athletes for the Performer of the Week honor by sport and winners are selected by the MWC staff.
For the winter season, Performers of the Week will be recognized every week on Monday (men’s and women’s basketball) and Tuesday (swimming & diving, indoor track & field) once their seasons have been triggered (three MWC institutions competing) and will conclude the week prior to the sport-specific Conference tournament/championship.
The Performers of the Week award winners are as follows:
Men’s Basketball Performer of the Week
Devin Davis, Cornell College
Davis was named MVP of the All-Tournament Team, guiding the Rams to an 86-69 win over host Wartburg in the championship game of the Buzz Levick Tournament. The junior point guard had 27 points, six rebounds and four assists in the title game. In Cornell’s perfect 3-0 week, Davis averaged 20.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists while shooting 90.5 percent (19-of-21) from the foul line.
Women’s Basketball Performer of the Week
Kenya Earl, Lawrence University
Kenya Earl scored a career-high 30 points and notched a double-double with 10 rebounds as Lawrence knocked of CCIW foe Carroll in the Vikings’ season opener. Earl hit 8-of-16 shots from the floor and went 13-for-16 from the foul line. The 30 points matches the sixth-highest game total in school history. Earl added four assists, two steals and a block as Lawrence recorded its first win over Carroll since the 2005-06 season, a stretch of 21 games.
Men’s Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week
Preston Bocchi, Monmouth College
Bocchi picked up four wins Saturday as Monmouth posted a dual meet win at Illinois College. The junior opened and closed the meet swimming legs on a pair of winning relays. He opened the meeting swimming the leadoff leg of the winning 400-yard medley relay which won by nearly 10 seconds in 3:49.15. Bocchi closed the meet with the anchor leg on the 200 free relay which touched first in 1:32.88. In between, Bocchi took first in the 400 IM where he won by more than 12 seconds with a 4:34.17. His other wins came in the 200 backstroke when he clocked a 2:02.17 to win by more than seven seconds.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week
Erin Lengel, Lawrence University
Erin Lengel won two events and finished second in two others to lead Lawrence to fourth place at the Gene Davis Invitational. Lengel grabbed first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.91 to win by 1.17 seconds. She also won the 100-butterfly in 1:01.82 and grabbed second in the 100 freestyle in 55.40 seconds. She also swam on the 200-freestyle relay team that finished second in 1:43.44.