Grevers, a junior at Northwestern, broke pool records at home against Michigan in the 400-yard medley and 100-yard backstroke, and set a school record in the 200-yard backstroke. He has been Big Ten swimmer of the week three times this season and has been CollegeSwimming.com's swimmer of the week.
Leah Shumoski
BROOMALL, PA. > Basketball
Shumoski, a senior forward at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, scored 18 points and had a team-high 19 rebounds in a 79-56 win over Post, her 10th double double of the season. She is the first Division II women's player to amass 1,600 career points, 900 rebounds and 250 assists.
Megan Hodge
DURHAM, N.C. > Volleyball
Megan, a senior at Riverside High, is the 2005-06 Gatorade national volleyball player of the year. She has played all positions, led the Lady Pirates in all major categories this season and was high school Pac-6 conference player of the year for the second consecutive year. She was a member of the '04 and '05 USA Girls Youth national team.
Ryan Churella
NORTHVILLE, MICH. > Wrestling
Churella, a fifth-year senior at Michigan, pinned Purdue's Dan Bedoy to help the Wolverines to a 27-11 victory in a dual meet. It was the 165-pounder's seventh fall of the season and his 33rd straight dual-match win. He is 20-0 for the season, and he has 109 career victories and 34 career falls.
Tanya Gorin
MESA, ARIZ. > Rifle
Gorin, a freshman at Texas Christian, broke the school record in 60-shot air rifle for the third time this season at the UTEP Triangular in El Paso, scoring 586 out of 600, five points above the record she set in November. Her shooting helped the Horned Frogs break school records in small-bore and air rifle.
Brendan O'Brien
BRAINTREE, MASS. > Ice Hockey
O'Brien, a freshman forward at Stonehill, scored a total of five points (one goal, four assists) in consecutive victories for the Skyhawks and was named Northeast-10 freshman of the week for the seventh time this season. He has scored two game-winning goals and leads his team with eight goals and 25 assists.
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