Green Bay's Schachtner, Valpo's Kulaga Honored as U.S. Army Scholar-Athletes of the Week

Dec. 19, 2008

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INDIANAPOLIS -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Mike Schachtner and Valparaiso University senior Agnieszka Kulaga have been named U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athletes of the Week for the week ending Dec. 14, League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone announced Friday (Dec. 19).


Schachtner (Somerset, Wis./Somerset) led Green Bay with 14 points and seven rebounds per game in a 1-1 week. He scored a season-high 21 points against the University of Wisconsin Dec. 13 to move into eighth place on Green Bay's all-time scoring list with 1,395 career points. In addition, he was 13-of-13 from the free-throw line during the week and entered this week's action leading the nation at 98 percent (46-of-47).


In the classroom, Schachtner carries a 3.85 grade-point average as a psychology major. He is a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, earning third-team honors in 2007 and second-team last season. Schactner also has twice been named to the Horizon League Academic All-League Team and the Division I-AAA All-Scholar Team.


Kulaga (Tarnow, Poland/I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace) averaged 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals in two games last week, including a 71-60 victory over 23rd-ranked Purdue University Dec. 10. She had 17 points and eight rebounds versus the Boilermakers and then added 12 points and four steals in an eight-point loss to eighth-ranked University of Notre Dame Dec. 13.


Kulaga earned a bachelor's degree in international busines from Valparaiso in three years with a 3.8 grade-point average and currently is pursuing an MBA. She earned second-team Academic All-District honors last season and was named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team after twice being voted to the Mid-Continent Conference's All-Academic Team.


The Horizon League instituted the U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards as a way to recognize outstanding academic and athletic achievement by its student-athletes. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better (on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, passed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours and perform well during the week's competition. Winners are selected by a group of League faculty athletic representatives, from nominations provided by sports information directors.

OTHER MEN'S NOMINEES:
Jake Diebler, Valparaiso (basketball, senior, 3.57, marketing)
Aric Van Weelden, Loyola (basketball, junior, 3.55, business)

OTHER WOMEN'S NOMINEES:
Erin Templin, Green Bay (basketball, senior, 3.61, business administration)
Danielle Poulin, Detroit (indoor track and field, senior, 3.788, criminal justice)