Ryan Glavey
Sports Editor
This week’s athlete of the week is the men’s swimming and diving team’s Drew Ledwith.
Ledwith won all six of his individual events during this past week.
Ledwith competed in the 200 yard backstroke, the 200 yard butterfly, and the 500 yard freestyle events in the dual meet vs. Wheaton College and Springfield College.
He won all three events, and even beat the field by 25 seconds in the 500 yard freestyle.
Ledwith also took home first place in the 200 yard freestyle, the 200 yard individual medley, and the 500 yard freestyle in KSC’s meet vs. Tufts college.
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Honorable mentions:
The first honorable mention this week is senior forward Derek D’Amours of the men’s basketball team.
D’Amours averaged 25.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game to help win its annual Tip-Off Classic Tournament.
D’Amours was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Keene State Tip-Off Classic, and received LEC co-player of the week honors.
D’Amours capped this with a tremendous 33 point performance to help the Owls claim the tournament championship.
The second honorable mention this week is the women’s basketball team’s Courtney Cirillo.
Cirillo led the Owls in almost every major statistic with 13.3 points, 4.8 assists, 2.3 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game. Cirillo was also the team’s third leading rebounder with 6.3 per game.
Cirillo helped the Owls to a Tip-Off Classic championship and an unbeaten record.
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