PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior guard/forward Katie Yohn (Elgin, Ill./St. Edward) and junior pitcher/designated player Madeline Lynch-Crumrine have been named co-winners of Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week announced Wednesday.
Yohn turned in a pair of double-doubles in two road games, averaging 18.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.0 block and 3.0 steals per game while shooting 59.3 percent from the field. Friday at Missouri State, she had 15 points on 6-of-11 from the field and also collected 10 rebounds, two blocks, four steals and a career-high eight assists. Yohn's eight assists were the most by a BU player with a point-rebound double-double since Tammy Van Oppen had a triple-double against Southern Illinois on Dec. 31, 1996. Yohn, who had a 2.17 assist-to-turnover ratio for the week, capped the week with a game-high 21 points on 10-for-16 shooting to help Bradley snap conference leading Wichita State's 10-game win streak and hand the Shockers their first league loss of the year. She also had 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals, helping Bradley score the highest point total against the Shockers this season (75). A medical technology major, Yohn owns a 3.38 cumulative grade point average.
Lynch-Crumrine, who was named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week Monday, went 2-1 in four appearances with a complete game shutout and 1.66 ERA in 25.1 innings of work at the Kajikawa Classic, facing four teams which advanced to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. She struck out 16 batters and held hitters to a .186 batting average, helping the Bradley softball to a 2-3 record. In her first start of the year, she struck out five and walked two, while scattering five hits in a 2-1 complete game victory against 13th-ranked Arizona for BU's first win against a ranked team since the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Lynch-Crumrine followed it up with the first complete game shutout of her career, blanking Big Sky Conference pre-season favorite Portland State. She ended the week, limiting fourth-ranked Arizona State to just four hits in a 3-0 loss to the Sun Devils. A psychology major, Lynch-Crumrine owns a 3.33 cumulative grade point average.
Each week, a Bradley student-athlete is selected as the Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week. The individual chosen must be at least a sophomore in class standing and boast a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average, while displaying a level of athletic excellence.
The Bradley women's basketball team closes out a three-game Missouri Valley Conference road swing Saturday with a 2 p.m. contest at Northern Iowa.
The Bradley softball team opens play at the Lobo Classic in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday with a 10 a.m. (CST) game against IPFW.
