TAMPA, Fla. – The Sun Conference announces the Player of the Week honorees for the week of January 27, 2025.
The men's and women's basketball as well as the baseball weekly honors are presented by WinWon, the Official Sports Technology Platform of The Sun. To learn more about WinWon,
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Swimming & diving awards are based on performances from December 9th - January 26th. The remaining 12 awards are based on performances from January 20 - January 26.
Men's Basketball Players of the Week -
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Defensive Player of the Week
Vincent Miszkiewicz, Keiser | Sr. - Forward - South Elgin, Ill.
Vincent Miszkiewicz stuffed the stat sheet in a new way on Saturday, registering four steals in the win over St. Thomas. Miszkiewicz played nearly every minute of the win and helped the Seahawks hold the Bobcats to their second-lowest point total this season. Keiser is up to No. 13 in opponents points per game, allowing just 66.2 points per contest.
Offensive Player of the Week
Latavious Mitchell, Florida Memorial | Sr. - Forward - Indianapolis, Ind.
Mitchell, the reigning NAIA Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week had yet another stellar showing for No. 22 FMU as they generated two more wins this week. For the week, he averaged 19 points, 13 rebounds and four assists for the Lions, who are currently on an eight-game win streak. Mitchell shot over 50 percent and dished out a total of eight assists as FMU remains tied for first in the SUN. His 20 points and 15 rebounds in the victory over Southeastern were both game highs.
Women's Basketball Players of the Week -
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Defensive Player of the Week
Grace Field, Southeastern | Gr. - Forward - Albany, N.Y.
Field helped led the Fire defensively with seven steals and three blocks. Additionally she contributed 18 rebounds, 14 of which were defensive. In the close loss to RV Florida Memorial, she notched a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Offensive Player of the Week
Jodi Mullins, Southeastern | Gr. - Guard - Atlanta, Ga.
Mullins offensive prowess fueled the fire this past week. Despite a 1-1 week of conference play, the graduate forward dominated with 52.9 shooting on 18-34 field goals. Dropping a season and career high 32 points on 13-21 shooting in an 84-70 home win over Ave Maria. On the road against RV Florida Memorial, she contributed a team high 15 points. She shot 57.1 percent from behind the arc on 4-7 shooting, and 77.8 percent from the charity stripe over the week. Additionally she contributed seven assists with a 2.3 assist to turnover ratio.
Men's and Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Michael Long, Ave Maria | So. - Naples, Fla.
Michael Long already had the best time in the 800m in the NAIA, but continues to impress on the track finishing first out of 48 over the weekend.
Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Kevin Parker, Southeastern | So. - Winter Haven, Fla.
Parker hit the NAIA 'B' standard at the Radd Sports Invitational in the Pole Vault at 4.75m which was good for third overall. That mark is #1 in the Sun Conference and tied for #8 nationally.
Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Caitlyn O'Brien, Ave Maria | Jr. - Pewaukee, Wisc.
Caitlyn O'Brien won two events and placed third in another in the five events of the Pentathlon, coming in second place overall with a score of 3238. That score is good enough for ninth in the NAIA.
Women's Field Athlete of the Week
MarieAnge Moussignac, Southeastern | Jr. - Naples, Fla.
Moussignac took second overall in the shot put and fourth overall in the weight throw at the Radd Sports Invitational. Her 11.84m mark in the shot put is currently #3 in the Sun Conference. She is currently #1 in the Sun Conference in the weight throw.
Swimmers/Divers of the Month
Men's Swimmer/Diver of the Month
Isaiah Aleksenko, Keiser | Fr. - Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
The long anticipated debut of Isaiah Aleksenko did not dissappoint as the newcomer had five wins in indvidual events in his first two competitions. His debut in the 200 Fly is the top time in the NAIA. Additionally, each of his individual events rank in the top 20 in the NAIA. With Aleksenko's help, Keiser defeated D-II, No. 14 Nova Southeastern for the first time in program history.
Women's Swimmer/Diver of the Month
Ines Laurent, Keiser | Sr. - Lausanne, Switzerland
Ines Laurent faced some of her toughest competition yet over the last two weeks, facing Division II competition. Against D-II, No. 4 Tampa, Laurent tallied the only two wins for the Seahawks. One week later, Keiser matched up against the two-time defending champs in D-II in 48-degree weather. On senior day against Barry, Laurent registered personal bests in the 100 Breast and 500 Free.
Baseball Players of the Week -
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Player of the Week
Tanner Kelly, Ave Maria | Sr. - Infielder - Libertyville, Ill.
Tanner Kelly had a great opening weekend for the Gyrenes, registering two multi-hit games and a team leading six hits over the weekend. four of his six hits were for extra bases with three doubles and a home run. The grad student's home run brought in the first two runs in Ave Maria 13-2 walloping of Point.
Pitcher of the Week
Luke Zmolik, Ave Maria | Sr. - Monroe, Washington
Luke Zmolik was on fire in his first appearance of 2025, pitching a perfect three innings out of the bullpen in game 2 against Point. Not only were Zmolik's innings perfect, all nine outs were strikeouts as the Point batters never even put a ball in play. Nine strikeouts in a game is a career-high for Zmolik at Ave Maria. He got the first save of the season for the Gyrenes, tossing the final three innings of a seven-inning doubleheader game.
Esports Players of the Week
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Player of the Week
Hector Jimenez, Warner | Fr. - Haines City, Fla.
Stats wise Hector dropped 1 stock playing against St. Thomas and was able to take down their whole roster by himself which is a tough, but impressive feat.
Overwatch 2 Player of the Week
Zach O'Callaghan, Webber International | Sr. - Crystal River, Fla.
Single-handedly kept Webber in the game, stopping an SEU push on the Push game mode.
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