Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Athletes of the Week
11/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | General
OXFORD, Ohio – For their performances last week junior cross country runner Joe Stewart and sophomore volleyball outside hitter Maris Below are Miami’s Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications for the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2.
Stewart ran a tremendous race to earn First-Team All-MAC honors at last weekend's MAC Championship. The junior finished third overall in the field of 80 runners, running a lifetime-best 8K of 24:21, which was just six seconds behind the leader.
This is the second time this season and in his career that Stewart has been named Miami’s Male Athlete of the Week. He previously won it for the week of Sept. 8-14.
After a strong week of practice, Below earned the chance to serve a six rotation role as an outside hitter this week in both matches. She made the most of that decision, leading the RedHawks with a pair of double-doubles as they won both matches by 3-1 scores. Against Buffalo on Friday, she had 12 kills and 12 digs, while also contributing two blocks (one solo and one assisted). She scored 13.5 points in that match. She was even better against Akron, finishing with 13 kills and 10 digs, hitting .344 for the match. With three block assists and two service aces, Below scored 16.5 points total to lead Miami. For the week, she averaged 3.12 kills, 2.75 digs, 0.62 blocks and 3.75 points per set.
This is the first time in her career that Below has been named Miami’s Female Athlete of the Week.
The next Miami Athletes of the Week connected by Frontier Communications will be announced Monday, Nov. 10. For a list of this year’s winner’s, click here.
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