BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for baseball, softball, and tennis on Monday. Student-athletes from Augsburg, Saint Benedict, Saint John's, St. Olaf, and St. Scholastica claimed the Conference's weekly honors. The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference's sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. 

For the first time this season, junior Jonas Abeleda (Sydney, Australia/St Aloysius' College) has been named the MIAC Player of the Week.  Abeleda collected two points at the No. 1 spot as the Saints defeated Saint John's 6-3 on 3/23. Following an 8-5 win at top doubles with partner Eamon Gerrard-Stace (Brisbane, Au./), Abeleda battled to a 4-6, 7-5, 10-8 win at No. 1 singles.

This is Abeleda's second time being named an MIAC Athlete of the Week in his career and the tennis team has collected three weekly awards already.