Aeric, a senior tailback at Bowsher High, came into the game in the second quarter of the Rebels' season opener against Southview and rushed for 377 yards, breaking the Toledo City League record in his first high school football game. He has finished second in the 100 meters at the Ohio high school state meet for the past two years.

Gillis, a senior at Oregon State, won the Wolverine Intercollegiate by two strokes for his first collegiate golf victory. This summer he won three significant amateur titles: the Oregon Amateur, the Oregon Men's Stroke Play Championship and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Public Links Championship.

Grella, a sophomore forward at Duke, scored two second-half goals to lead the Blue Devils to a 4-3 victory over Wake Forest. He was named Soccer America men's player of the week. Four of his seven goals have been game-winners, and he leads the team in goals, points (16), shots (29) and shots on goal (17).