Jemile Weeks Named Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week
March 10, 2008 Coral Gables, FL (www.hurricanesports.com) — – Junior second baseman Jemile Weeks has been selected the Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the period March 3-9. Weeks helped Miami to a perfect 4-0 week including a 9-2 win over Lehigh and a three-game sweep of Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference opening series. He hit .588 (10-for-17) with six runs scored, two doubles, a triple and a home run. He added four RBI. He slugged 1.000 and owned a .611 own-base percentage. He was 4-of-5 in stolen bases. Weeks started the week going 3-for-5 with a double and a career-high three stolen bases in the win over Lehigh. In the series opener against BC, he went 2-for-4 with a triple and a home run, which came in the seventh inning when the Hurricanes matched a school record with homers in the inning. Weeks collected two more hits in series clinching win in game two. He capped off the week going 3-for-4 with a run, a double and a RBI. On the season, Weeks leads the team batting .415 with a team-high 17 hits. He has four doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI, which ranks second on the team. He also has scored 11 times and is 5-of-6 in stolen base attempts. |
2008 Muscle Milk Miami Athlete of the Week
Date | Winner | Sport |
Mar. 10 | Jemile Weeks | Baseball |
Mar. 3 | Tim Harris | Men’s Track |
Feb. 25 | Dwayne Collins | Men’s Basketball |
Feb. 18 | Tim Harris | Men’s Track |
Feb. 11 | Krista Simkins | Women’s Track |
Feb. 4 | Daniel Vallverdu | Men’s Tennis |
Jan. 28 | Jack McClinton | Men’s Basketball |
Jan. 23 | Romy Farah | Women’s Tennis |
Jan. 16 | James Dews & Jimmy Graham | Men’s Basketball |
Jan. 9 | Annika Saarnak | Swimming & Diving |
Jan. 2 | Maurita Reid | Volleyball |