Hetebrueg Selected For League Scholar-Athlete Of The Week
March 18, 2008
MILWAUKEE - Junior Andy Hetebrueg of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team was named the Horizon League's U.S. Army Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league office announced today. Hetebrueg is the seventh UWM athlete, and fifth male, to earn the weekly honor this school year, which is in its second year and encompasses all sports sponsored by the league. Complete Horizon League Release in PDF Format
Hetebrueg helped Milwaukee to a 2-1 mark in its weekend series with Austin Peay at the plate and on the mound. He went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two runs batted in during his first start in the field Saturday. Despite earning a loss on the mound on Sunday, he allowed three earned runs in six innings, while striking out three in a 6-4 defeat. Academically, Hetebrueg boasts a 3.79 grade-point average as a marketing major. He has been on the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll, as well as the League All-Academic Team, while also being named to the Dean's Honor List at UWM. Hetebrueg was also honored on ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District Team last season. The Horizon League instituted the Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards last year as a way to recognize outstanding academic and athletic achievement by its student-athletes.
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