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February 12, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s had five athletes post great performances this week to earn Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week recognition. Nate Baker was named Player-of-the-Week in baseball batting .538 in the Saints four game series with Cal State Monterey Bay. He was 7-13 and drew four walks. Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week, Tip Wonhoff, posted a strong eight inning outing against Monterey Bay. He gave up only one run on four hits and didn’t walk a batter in the 5-1 win on Sunday. Wonhoff made a total of three appearances in the series giving up just two runs in 11 innings. He didn’t walk a single batter and struck out eight. John Riak was acknowledged for his performance at the Husky Classic as he shares track and field co-Athlete-of-the-Week honors with Michael Dean of Western Washington. Riak ran a GNAC record and provisional national qualifying time of 14:46.95 in the 5000 meter race, beating the GNAC record of 14:50.02 set earlier this winter. Jake Linton and Jamey Gelhar both received honorable mention for their efforts on the basketball court this week. Linton scored a career-high 30 points in a loss to Central Washington. In a two game split he posted 53 points and 15 assists. Linton made 17-29 shots and was 8-12 from the three. Gelhar had 35 points as the Saints split two homes games against regionally ranked teams defeating Northwest Nazarene and nearly knocking off Seattle Pacific. She was 18-21 from the line and pulled down nine boards. Gelhar continues to lead the conference in free throw percentage at 90.1 percent.
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