KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College athletic department named Tyler Bolaske of the men's cross country team and Michaela DiCicco of the women's soccer team this week's Owl Athletes of the Week. This week's selection encompassed action from September 14 through September 20.
 
Tyler Bolaske, a senior from Palmer, Massachusetts excelled at the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday at Wesleyan University at the Wes Fuhrman Trails Cross Country Course as he placed seventh in the field of 131 runners, which also earned the recognition as the Little East Conference Runner of the Week. Despite a fall early in the course, Bolaske pushed his way to a time of 24:53.0 on the 8K course. Bolaske led the men's side that finished fifth of the ninth teams, in a field that included four nationally ranked teams.
 
Michaela DiCicco, a freshman goalkeeper form Tolland, Connecticut, shined in net for the Owls over KSC's 2-0 week as her performance earned her the LEC Rookie of the Week recognition. Over KSC's two games on the week, DiCicco posted her first two collegiate shutouts in net as she made 11 saves across the two games, making six saves in KSC's 4-0 win over Worcester State University and another five saves in the 1-0 LEC victory for the Owls over the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Over her two shutouts on the week, DiCicco's streak of not allowing a goal reached 192:33 dating back to the second half of the previous game the week prior.