April 10, 2013
CHICAGO - Softball player Natalie Hernandez has been selected as the UICFlames.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the period of April 1 - 7 as announced by the athletic department on Wednesday morning. Hernandez went 14-of-23 (.609) from the plate with two home runs, while guiding the Flames to an impressive 5-1 record last week versus Horizon League opponents Green Bay and Detroit.
For her efforts, the junior infielder was named the Horizon League Batter of the Week, her second weekly conference award this season. Her two homers came this past weekend in a three-game sweep at Detroit as she tallied slugging percentage of .957 and collected eight RBI on the week.
Hernandez earns her first UICFlames.com award and becomes the second softball player the claim the honor as teammate Courtney Heeley took home the laurel on March 20.
UIC stands atop the Horizon League standings with a record of 7-2 as Loyola and Valparaiso trail with marks of 4-2 and 5-4, respectively. The Flames will be back in action with doubleheader against the Crusaders on Saturday and a single game Sunday.
| DATE | STUDENT-ATHLETE | SPORT |
| Aug. 29, 2012 | Ivan Stanisavljevic, Sr. | Men's Soccer |
| Sept. 5, 2012 | Billy Clink, Fr. | Men's Cross Country |
| Sept. 12, 2012 | Janise Dismuke, Sr. | Women's Volleyball |
| Sept. 19, 2012 | MaryKate Imrie, Jr. | Women's Volleyball |
| Sept. 26, 2012 | Maggie Strus, RS-So. | Women's Volleyball |
| Oct. 3, 2012 | Zach Kaleta, Sr. | Men's Soccer |
| Oct. 10, 2012 | Janise Dismuke, Sr. | Women's Volleyball |
| Oct. 17, 2012 | Slobodan Aleksov, Jr. | Men's Soccer |
| Oct. 24, 2012 | Ivan Stanisavljevic, Sr. | Men's Soccer |
| Oct. 31, 2012 | Tess Ehrhardt, So. | Women's Cross Country |
| Nov. 7, 2012 | Mike Greco, Sr. | Men's Swimming/Diving |
| Nov. 14, 2012 | Sara Sternard, So. | Women's Volleyball |
| Nov. 21, 2012 | Aubrey Sniegowski, Sr. | Women's Volleyball |
| Nov. 28, 2012 | Gary Talton, Sr. | Men's Basketball |
| Dec. 5, 2012 | Daniel Barnes, Sr. | Men's Basketball |
| Dec. 12, 2012 | Gary Talton, Sr. | Men's Basketball |
| Dec. 19, 2012 | Daniel Barnes, Sr. | Men's Basketball |
| Jan. 2, 2013 | Terri Bender, Fr. | Women's Basketball |
| Jan. 9, 2013 | Gary Talton, Sr. | Men's Basketball |
| Jan. 16, 2013 | Andrea Crump, Sr. | Women's Track and Field |
| Jan. 23, 2013 | Maurizio Feoli, So. | Men's Tennis |
| Jan. 30, 2013 | Whitney Johnson, So. | Women's Swimming/Diving |
| Feb. 13, 2013 | Katie Hannemann, RS-Jr. | Women's Basketball |
| Feb. 20, 2013 | Chantel Turk, Sr. | Women's Gymnastics |
| Feb. 27,2013 | Brett Valin, So. | Men's Gymnastics |
| March 6, 2013 | Melanie Waszak, Jr. Whitney Johnson, So | Women's Swimming/Diving |
| March 13, 2013 | Alex Grunenwald, RS-Sr. | Baseball |
| March 20, 2013 | Courtney Heeley, Jr. | Softball |
| March 27, 2013 | Chantel Turk, Sr. | Women's Gymnastics |
| April 3, 2013 | Rebecca Zaiter, So. | Women's Track and Field |
| April 10, 2013 | Natalie Hernandez, Jr. | Softball |
