Ohio Wesleyan University senior Nate Axelrod (Dublin/Coffman) has been named a North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 29, it was announced by the NCAC.
Axelrod, a member of the Ohio Wesleyan men's basketball team, was named Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
Axelrod led the Bishops with 25 points and 8 assists in an 88-76 win over Wabash on Wednesday. He sank a pair of free throws after Wabash had closed to within 54-50 midway through the second half, and added a pair of 3-pointers later in the half to help stop a Wabash rally. In a 78-71 win over Oberlin on Saturday, he hit a pair of lay-ins during a 7-0 run that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay and converted a 3-point play after Oberlin had closed to within 66-61 with 2:11 left in regulation time. He scored 13 points and led the Bishops with 9 assists, moving his career total to 604 assists, making him the second Ohio Wesleyan men's basketball player and the fourth in NCAC history to surpass the 600-assist plateau. He also started his 105th consecutive game at Ohio Wesleyan, breaking the school record of 104 consecutive starts set by Justun Lott from 1991-95.
