NDSU Sweeps Season’s Final #SummitWSOC Player of the Week Awards

11/2/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State forward Lauren Miller was named Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while teammate goalkeeper Sierra Bonham earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week award for their performances Oct. 26-Nov. 1. The honors mark the final weekly awards of the season.

LAUREN MILLER, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // F // St. Louis Park, Minn.

Set new league record with eighth career award and equaled season record with fourth honor
Totaled six points on three goals, including two game-winners, and set school season goal record with 16
Struck for opening goal and game-winner in 2-1 win at IUPUI
Recorded game-winner on penalty kick in 96^th minute of 1-0 triumph at Western Illinois
Scored all three NDSU goals while leading team to pair of victories and unbeaten Summit League record

Also nominated: Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Brittney Lawrence, Oral Roberts; Corey Strang, South Dakota; Brittany Jensen, South Dakota State

Previous recipients: Aug. 24 – Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Aug. 31 – Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Sept. 8 – Sammie Villwock, South Dakota; Sept. 14 – Brittney Lawrence, Oral Roberts; Sept. 21 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Sept. 28 – Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Oct. 5 – Rachel Good, Fort Wayne / Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Oct. 12 – Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Oct. 19 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Oct. 26 – Brittney Lawrence, Oral Roberts

SIERRA BONHAM, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // GK // Red Deer, Alberta

Collected fourth career Defensive Player of the Week award and third of the season
Season award total tied for the third-highest in Summit League history
Recorded a match-high five saves in a 1-0 shutout at Western Illinois
Made eight saves and yielded just one goal in 2-1 win at IUPUI
Totaled 13 saves and .929 save pct. to lead NDSU to its first unbeaten Summit League season

Also nominated: Kiley Dunning, Fort Wayne; Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Maddie Rhodes, Oral Roberts; Sydney Hardin, South Dakota

Previous Recipients: Aug. 24 – Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Aug. 31 – Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl, Oral Roberts; Sept. 8 – Katlyn Schochenmaier, Omaha; Sept. 14 – Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Sept. 21 – Katlyn Schochenmaier, Omaha; Sept. 28 – Kiley Dunning, Fort Wayne; Oct. 5 – Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Oct. 12 – Delaney Ratcliffe, South Dakota State; Oct. 19 – Nicole Inskeep, South Dakota State; Oct. 26 – Cassidy Rey, Denver

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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