Each Monday throughout the academic year a Wayne State student-athlete will be acknowledged for his or her accomplishments.

Week	Name	Sport	Major	Notes
May 11	Steve Cuzzort	Golf	N/A	Became the second consecutive WSU golfer to earn medalist honors at the NCAA Super Regional ... shot a one-under 70 to finish with a 54-hole score of 206, seven under par ... score came in two strokes under his school record of 208, set at the 2008 GLIAC Championship ... collected 11 birdies for the tournament and was one of three golfers to finish under par ... was selected as the GLIAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Year.
May 4	Lisa Seymour	Softball	Business	Led WSU with a .563 batting average, five RBI and two doubles in the GLIAC Tournament ... went 3-for-3 on Friday against Findlay before posting three straight two-hit games as the Warriors advanced to the finals versus Saginaw Valley State.
Apr. 27	Adam Kaminski	Baseball	Criminal Justice	Led WSU with a .579 batting average (11-19) and a .619 on-base percentage ... drove in seven runs and scored six ... went a season-best 4-for-5 on Sunday against Hillsdale to extend his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games ... made three relief appearances on the mound, notching his third save of the season Wednesday at Findlay.
Apr. 20	Casey Hanes	Softball	Marketing	Won all four of her starts last week, including two league shutouts ... allowed just one hit in a 5-0 win over LSSU on Friday ... struck out nine Cardinals in a three-hitter at Saginaw Valley on Sunday, a 2-0 win ... totaled 35 strikeouts in five appearances and went over 200 strikeouts for the season.
Apr. 13	Dane Little	Baseball	Education	Tossed a three-hit shutout as WSU won, 2-0, at SVSU in the second game of a twinbill Friday ... walked one and struck out a season-high five to earn his second career shutout and improve to 3-0 on the season ... did not allow a runner past second base all afternoon.
Apr. 6	Jaci Banton	Softball	Secondary Education	Batted .529 (9-17) with eight RBI and seven runs scored as WSU won five out of six games this week ... totaled six extra-base hits, including home runs Wednesday at Ashland and Saturday at Hillsdale ... hit a two-run triple in the top of the fifth Sunday at Findlay to snap a scoreless tie in a 3-0 win.
Mar. 30	Steve Cuzzort	Golf	N/A	Earned medalist honors at the Ashland Invitational ... shot an even-par 72 the first two rounds before a 69 in the third to move to the top of the field ... was the only golfer to finish under par for the weekend (-3).
Mar. 23	Slava Zingerman	Fencing	Engineering	Became only the second person in NCAA men's epee history to win three consecutive NCAA titles ... finished the round-robin portion of the competition with a 17-6 mark (+32 in touches) to earn the second seed ... avenged a 4-3 setback in round-robin competition against Princeton's Graham Wicas with a 15-7 triumph in the gold medal bout.
Mar. 16	Ashley St. Andrew	Swimming	Pharmacy	Won two national championships in the 500 and 1000 freestyle events ... also finished second in 1650 free and fourth in 200 free ... joined the fifth-place 800 free relay and the eighth-place 400 free relay ... set school records in all six events.
Mar. 9	Natalie Payne	Hockey	Communications	Collected three points for WSU in the 2009 CHA Tournament ... assisted on a third-period power-play goal and scored the overtime game-winner in Friday's 4-3 win over Robert Morris ... also scored WSU's lone goal Saturday versus Mercyhurst ... named to the First Team All-CHA and the CHA All-Tournament Team.
Mar. 2	Slava Zingerman	Fencing	Engineering	Finished in a tie for third in the men's epee at the Midwest Fencing Conference championships ... had a 7-0 mark and was +23 in touches during pool play ... in direct elimination bouts, won four rounds before falling in the semifinals to eventual champion Karol Kostka of Notre Dame (15-12).
Feb. 23	Bryan Wright	Basketball	Business Management	Totaled 45 points as WSU recorded its first back-to-back conference road wins in nearly four years ... scored a game-high 24 points Thursday at Ashland ... also scored a game-best 21 points Saturday at Tiffin ... went 13-for-18 from the field (72.2 percent) on the weekend and collected four rebounds and three assists.
Feb. 16	The Team	Men's Swimming & Diving	N/A	The Warriors won their fifth GLIAC Championship in the last seven years, overcoming a 17.5-point deficit to defeat Grand Valley State, 900-834.5 ... the team set a new school record for points and the second-highest total in GLIAC history ... WSU won 18 of the 21 events during the four-day meet.
Feb. 9	Bertrand Moulin	Tennis	Marketing	Won three of his four matches last week, including both singles bouts ... defeated Bellarmine's Sathi Reddy in straight sets (6-1, 6-1) at No. 2 singles ... teamed with Johan Maubacq to win 8-4 at No. 1 doubles ... also beat Indy's Jonathan Hack in straight sets on Sunday.
Feb. 2	Slava Zingerman	Fencing	Engineering	Compiled a 20-2 mark in the men's epee at the Northwestern Duals last weekend.
Jan. 26	Lindsay DiPietro	Hockey	Finance	Factored into all six goals in WSU's sweep at Syracuse ... collected three assists in a 3-2 win Friday ... scored twice, including the game-winner, and had a helper Saturday.
Jan. 19	Sam Poyton	Hockey	Liberal Arts	Scored her 100th career goal Saturday against Robert Morris ... also contributed assists on WSU's first three goals of the game in the 7-3 victory over the Colonials ... along with Melissa Boal, became the second pair of teammates to both reach 100 career goals in NCAA women's hockey history.
Jan. 12	The Team	Men's Swimming & Diving	N/A	The top-ranked Warriors defeated #2 GVSU, 147-96, in Allendale ... WSU finished in first place in 11 of the 13 events, including two relays ... Sean Smith broke a school record in the 200 fly, and Cayce Bolt qualified for nationals in one-meter diving.
Jan. 5	Natalie Payne	Hockey	Communications	Had four key points at the Easton Showcase, a goal and an assist in each game ... scored a power-play goal and assisted on the game-winning PPG on Friday at St. Cloud State ... netted WSU's first goal and later helped on the game-tying marker on Saturday against North Dakota.
Dec. 22	Bryan Wright	Basketball	Business Management	Led WSU with 20 points in Thursday's victory at Northern Michigan ... shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line ... also contributed five rebounds and four assists ... had 12 points and shot 5-for-7 from the field Saturday at Michigan Tech.
Dec. 15	Chastidy Miller	Basketball	Psychology	Became the 14th player in Wayne State women's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points ... went 6-for-10 from the field and finished with 16 points Thursday against Northwood ... also chipped in five rebounds and a steal.
Dec. 8	Melissa Boal	Hockey	Accounting	Became the fifth player since the NCAA began tracking women's hockey in 2000-01 to reach 100 career goals ... scored twice in Friday's 5-3 victory at Niagara, including a power-play goal and the game-winner ... also assisted on an empty-netter ... netted another PPG in Saturday's 4-2 win.
Dec. 1	Shane Lawal	Basketball	Sports Administration	Tied a WSU single-game record with eight blocked shots in Tuesday's 80-50 win over Central State ... also had a game-high 11 rebounds along with 15 points for his second straight double-double ... was 6-for-9 from the field.
Nov. 24	Abdullah Saleh	Cross Country	Accounting	Earned All-America honors for the first time in his career ... finished 18th at the NCAA Championships on Saturday in Slippery Rock, Pa. ... ran the 10k race in a time of 31:52 ... guided the team to a 12th-place finish overall.
Nov. 17	Sam Poyton	Hockey	Liberal Arts	Scored all four goals in Friday's 4-3 victory over #10 Northeastern ... third time a WSU player has scored four times in one game ... posted her second hat trick of the season.
Nov. 10	Rachelle Malette Lauren Kessler Kristi Werner Annie Magin Allison Wykle	Cross Country	N/A	Wayne State qualified for the NCAA Championships after finishing second out of 18 teams at the Division II Midwest Regional ... Malette finished first out of 132 runners in 6k race (21:19.1) ... Kessler (22:45.6) and Werner (22:46.2) placed 13th and 14th, respectively ... all three earned First Team All-Region honors, the first time WSU has had three women do so ... Magin came in 30th (23:40.0) and Wykle took 32nd (23:43.6).
Nov. 3	Joique Bell	Football	Criminal Justice	Ran for 196 yards on 28 carries in a 42-21 victory at Northwood ... scored three touchdowns and became the GLIAC's all-time scoring leader ... also tossed a 43-yard pass down to the Northwood five yard line before running in his first TD of the day.
Oct. 27	Rachelle Malette	Cross Country	Pharmacy	Successfully defended her GLIAC Championship on Saturday ... finished the 6k race with a time of 21:48.8, 14 seconds ahead of Northwood's Kylen Cieslak (21:38.8) ... aided WSU in taking second place as a team ... was featured in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd."
Oct. 20	Sarha Gosselin	Volleyball	Criminal Justice	Totaled 60 kills, a .341 hitting percentage and 35 digs at the Asics GLIAC/GLVC Crossover ... posted double-doubles in all three matches and consecutive 20+ kill performances in both matches Friday, including her 21-kill, 14-dig output in a 3-2 win over #17 Lewis ... hit .516 with 19 kills and 10 digs in Saturday's sweep of Drury.
Oct. 13	Abdullah Saleh	Cross Country	Accounting	Finished in first place at the Michigan Intercollegiate competition on Friday ... posted a time of 25:40, two seconds ahead Grand Valley's Chris Hammer, in the 8k race ... notched fourth top-three finish of the season ... helped WSU take third place out of 20 teams.
Oct. 6	Steve Cuzzort	Golf	N/A	Became the third GLIAC Championship medalist in school history ... carded an eight-under par 208 (67-70-71), breaking the 54-hole school record of 213 set by Joe Spatafore in 1983 and Joe Juszczyk last season ... matched the 18-hole school record of 67 in the first round ... led WSU to a third-place team finish.
Sept. 29	Stan Thornton	Football	Liberal Arts	Recorded two interceptions Saturday against Tiffin, including one returned 70 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter ... also collected four solo tackles.
Sept. 22	Lauren Mallast	Volleyball	Nursing	Registered 35 kills and a .380 hitting percentage in WSU's three victories last week ... her 10 kills and eight blocks Tuesday versus Northwood aided WSU in earning its first GLIAC win ... notched 11 kills and five blocks Friday against Findlay before totaling 14 kills, seven blocks, two aces and a .440 hitting percentage Saturday against #19 Hillsdale.
Sept. 15	Dante Dunn	Football	Mechanical Engineering	Blocked a punt in the first quarter that led to the only score of the game in Saturday's 6-0 win over Indianapolis ... was the fifth blocked kick of his career ... also had seven tackles and four pass break-ups.
Sept. 8	Sharon Gill	Tennis	Pharmacy	Was victorious in both her singles and doubles matches as WSU defeated Division I opponent Valparaiso on Saturday ... won with partner Milena Vuksanovic, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles ... defeated Kim Sajevic in straight sets (6-3, 6-1) at No. 1 singles.
Sept. 2	Abdullah Saleh	Cross Country	Accounting	Crossed the finish line first and captured a new meet record Friday at the UP Collegiate Opener ... posted a time of 16:04, 20 seconds faster than the record established two years ago ... helped the WSU men's team finish first overall.