Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
HILBERT, Wisconsin – The Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its Performers of the Week award recipients for games played October 19-25, 2026, on Tuesday.
MWC sports information directors nominate student-athletes for the Performer of the Week honor by sport and vote as a committee to select the winners.
For the fall and winter seasons, Performers of the Week will be recognized every week on Monday (football, soccer) and Tuesday (cross country, women’s tennis, volleyball, swim and dive) once their seasons have been triggered (three MWC institutions competing) and will conclude the week prior to the sport-specific Conference tournament/championship.
The Performer of the Week award winners are as follows:
Women’s Tennis Performer of the Week
No nominees
Women’s Volleyball Offensive Performer of the Week
Ally Olmstead, Cornell College
Olmstead had a fantastic offensive week, averaging 4.25 kills per set with a .438 attack percentage as the Rams (7-0 MWC) clinched an MWC Tournament berth. The junior recorded 16 kills in a 3-0 sweep at Beloit. She followed that with 18 kills on .441 hitting in a 3-2 win at Lake Forest.
Women’s Volleyball Defensive Performer of the Week
Kensie Staats, Cornell College
Staats averaged 4.25 digs and fired five ace serves during Cornell's 2-0 week which saw the Rams (7-0 MWC) clinch an MWC Tournament berth. She filled up the stat sheet with 21 digs and four aces in a 3-2 road win over Lake Forest.
Men’s Cross Country Performer of the Week
Peyton Andring, Luther College
Peyton was the top finisher for the Norse in the 70th annual Luther vs UW-La Crosse Dual, finishing 11th out of 26 runners with a time of 16:48.2 in the 5K event.
Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Week
Norah McDonald, Luther College
McDonald finished 20th overall in the annual dual vs. UW-La Crosse with a time of 19:56.4 in the 5K event.
Men’s Swim and Dive Performer of the Week
Matthew Strada, Lake Forest College
Strada won all three of his individual events in dramatic fashion during Lake Forest's season-opening dual meet at Carthage Friday evening. The junior touched the wall first in the 200-freestyle in 1:47.19, 100-freestyle in just 49.03 seconds, and 200-IM with a time of 1:56.96. He trailed with 50 yards remaining in all three races before winning them by a combined 2.56 seconds. Strada's time in the 200-IM is the fastest in the league so far this year and he ranks among the top six in the other two events.
Women’s Swim and Dive Performer of the Week
Isabella Rozenbergas, Lake Forest College
Rozenbergas was a perfect 4-for-4 for the Foresters in their season-opening dual meet at Carthage on Friday. After helping the 200-medley relay team open the contest with a victory and time of 1:53.06, the junior prevailed in dominant fashion in the 200-butterfly (2:21.81), 100-butterfly (58.23), and 200-IM (2:10.18). The combined margin of victory in her races was nearly 13 seconds and she is easily the league's fastest swimmer so far this year in all three events.