December 29
Basketball Men - David Riley
Riley scored a season-high 26 points in the Whitworth win over Wisconsin-Stout. He averaged 18.0 points per game in the two victories for the Pirates this week, adding three steals and eight rebounds to his totals.

December 8
Swimming Men - Rory Buck
Buck automatically qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships with his time in the 200 Breaststroke and reached the evening finals of a US Senior National Championship meet, the highest level of competition in the country.

November 24
Swimming Men - Michael Woodward
Woodward shared high point honors with teammate Rory Buck by winning three individual events (100, 200, and 500 free) and swimming on four winning relays. He led Whitworth to the Northwest Invite team title.

Swimming Women - Natalie Turner
Turner was the individual high point winner for the women at the Northwest Invite. Her times in the 200 free (1:54.59) and 500 free (5:06.19) are the best in the NWC this season and are NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

November 17
Swimming Men - Kalen Darling
Darling won every event in which he swam over the weekend, including three individual events against NCAA DI Seattle University. All of his individual times, except the 100 back, are season bests in the NWC. His 400 I.M. (4:08.13) is an NCAA B cut provisional time.

Swimming Women - Ashley Lecoq
Lecoq won three of her four individual events over the weekend, and nearly pulled a double against NCAA DI Seattle University, losing the 100 fly by a second. Her 200free time (1:56.98) is the best in the conference.

November 10
Swimming Men - Rory Buck
Buck won all four individual events he swam in this weekend, including the 100 and 200 Fly. In the 100 Breast (57.91) and 200 Breast (2:08.11), he posted timer under the NCAA B (provisional) cut. He also swam the butterfly leg on the medley relay in each meet.

Football Special Teams - Zack Clow
Clow averaged 42.2 yards on four punts. All of them were downed inside the 20 & two were downed inside the five yard line. He also threw a 30 yard touchdown pass as a backup quarterback for the Pirates.

Men’s Soccer Defense - Brian Sherpe
Sherpe made two difficult first half saves, giving Whitworth the opportunity to neat Whitman, 1-0. Sherpe has seven shutouts this season.

November 3
Football Special Teams - Andy Largent
Largent made the game-winning field goal (30 yards) in the second overtime against Pacific Lutheran and also connected on all three of his PAT tries.

October 27
Men’s Soccer Defense - Brian Sherpe
Sherpe posted back to back shutouts in a pair of road matches against George Fox and Pacific. He made several key saves on Sunday to preserve a scoreless tie in the match with Pacific.

October 20
Football Offense - Taylor Eglet
In his first career start, Taylor Eglet managed the Whitworth offense to 24 second quarter points with three touchdown passes. He did not throw an interception and the Pirates did not commit a turnover for the first time this season.

October 6
Cross Country Women - Dana Misterek
Misterek was the first NCAA DIII runner across the line at the Willamette Invitational (17:51.13), helping Whitworth’s women finish as the top DIII women’s team in the meet. Dana finished fifth overall in a gigantic field of 203 runners.

Men’s Soccer Offense - Elly Bulega
Bulega scored Whitworth’s first two goals in a win against Linfield this weekend. He also assisted on the first (eventual winner) and last goal vs. Willamette in a 3-0 Pirate victory.

September 22
Football Special Teams - Cailen Thomason
Taking over for the injured Adam Anderson as Whitworth’s kick returner, Thomason averaged 29.5 yards per return, with a long of 47.

Men’s Soccer Defense - Brian Olson
As the anchor of Whitworth’s back line, Olson led a defensive effort that limited two weekend opponents to a total of three shots on goal (two Saturday, one Sunday). Brian’s defense helped the Pirates secure two victories in conference play.

September 29
Cross Country Men - Nick Gallagher
Gallagher was the top NCAA DIII runner across the line in a meet that included NCAA DI Gonzaga and NAIA nationally-top 10 Lewis-Clark State College. His time of 26:20/89 was good for a 6th place finish among 88 runners.

Cross Country Women - Dana Misterek
Dana won the first-ever Erik Anderson Invite, defeating Janet Collar, who has run in two Olympic Trial meets, along with 101 other runners. Misterek’s time of 19:04.59 is on a five kilometer course.

September 22
Cross Country Women - Dana Misterek
Misterek was the top NCAA DIII finisher in the Sundodger Invite, leading Whitworth to its highest-ever finish in the meet. The Pirates were behind only NCAA DII Alaska-Anchorage and NAIA power Simon Fraser. Dana’s time of 21:51.48 helped her to a fourth place individual finish.

September 15
Football Special Teams - Zack Clow
Clow helped Whitworth win the field possession battle by averaging nearly 40 yards per punt and averaging 54 yards on his four kick offs.

September 8
Cross Country Women - Tonya Turner
Turner won the 55-runner women’s race at the Whitman Invite by nine seconds, with a time of 14:34.76 in the 4k event. She led her 25th ranked Whitworth team to a win over #22 Whitman and NAIA #9 Lewis-Clark St.

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