Dec. 6, 2010
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Wildcat senior Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy) of the volleyball team and sophomore Drew Crawford (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) of the men's basketball team have been named NU's Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week for their performances over the weekend.
Johnson led Northwestern to a win in its first-round NCAA Tournament victory against Arizona, recording 15 kills -- with 13 in the first two sets -- a .458 hitting percentage and two service aces. By adding 13 kills in the second round against Missouri Saturday, Johnson finished her postseason with a .373 a hitting percentage to set her season rate at .314, the sixth-best single-season percentage in program history.
In Northwestern's 91-71 victory over Georgia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Tuesday, Crawford led a blistering NU attack in the first half hitting 5-of-6 field goal attempts and connecting on all three of his attempts from 3-point range. He finished the game with 19 points, six rebounds and three steals to help the Wildcats remain unbeaten on the season at 5-0.
This week's Community Outreach Athlete of the Week is senior Rebecca Lederhausen (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) of the women's golf team. Rebecca and four other Northwestern student-athletes organized a canned food drive involving the entire athletic department as student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans combined to donate over 5,700 non-perishable food items. The food was donated to the Family Focus organization based in Evanston, which expressed their excitement and gratitude for the abundance of goods donated by NU, noting that the donation came at a critical time for the group.
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