April 3, 2013
CHICAGO - Track and Field standout Rebecca Zaiter has been selected as the UICFlames.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the period of March 25 - 31 as announced by the athletic department on Wednesday morning. Zaiter dominated the 1,500 meters at the Raleigh Relays last Friday hosted by NC State, winning her section and breaking the UIC outdoor record.
"She is one of the smartest racers on the team," said head coach Jim Knoedel. "She puts herself in a good position and is ready to make a move when the moment arises. She was by herself for the last 400 meters at Raleigh and if someone were there to push her, I know she would've run even faster. She has the talent to qualify for NCAA West Regionals and we are going to focus on getting her there."
The sophomore broke the tape with time of 4:33.23, which bested the star-studded field by more than three-and-a-half seconds. The old program record was held by current teammate Jamie Johnson with a time of 4:36.41 set in May of 2012.
Zaiter becomes the first outdoor track and field student-athlete to garner the UICFlames.com award. Senior Andrea Crump earned the accolade during the indoor season on Jan. 16.
| 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 |
