ST. PAUL, Minn. – The University of Northwestern Indoor Track athletes stole the show this week as the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference released the UMAC Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday morning. Emery Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) and John Shevchuk (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine) each earned recognition as the conference's Indoor Track Athletes of the Week.

The full UMAC press release can be accessed here.

Maki receives this honor for the second time this season, and the second consecutive week for the Northwestern Women's team. The senior delivered an impressive performance, coming home with two victories from the Maday Classic on Saturday. In the mile, she broke the meet record by nearly two seconds while also posting a season-best time by almost a second and a half. Her time of 5:21.64 earned her first place at the meet and currently ranks second in the UMAC. Her second victory came in the 800-meter, where she beat out a runner from Minnesota Duluth by a tenth of a second, with a finishing time of 2:22.99.  
 
This award marks the first Athlete of the Week honor of Shevchuk's career. The recognition comes after one of his strongest overall performances on Saturday, where he won the 60-meter and placed third in the 200 meters. Shevchuk has now improved his season-best times in both the 60m and 200m for three consecutive weeks. He qualified in the 60m with a time of 7.25, before shaving 0.09 seconds off in the finals for a UMAC second-best time of 7.14 seconds. In the 200m, he lowered his season mark by two tenths of a second for a 23.38 finish, currently sixth-best in the conference.

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Northwestern's 2025-26 UMAC Athlete of the Week Honors (43)

Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week (1)
9/3: Tyler Dueber (Bloomington, Minn./Homeschool)

Women's Golf Player of the Week (5)
9/3: Morgan Eckman
9/9: Paige Johnson 
9/16: Morgan Eckman
9/23: Paige Johnson 
9/30: Morgan Eckman

Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week (4)
9/3: Naomi Meehan
10/7: Marie Kendall
10/21: Haley Mersberger
11/4: Haley Mersberger

Volleyball Setter of the Week (8)
9/3: Addeson Jenniges
9/16: Addeson Jenniges
10/7: Addeson Jenniges
10/14: Addeson Jenniges
10/21: Addeson Jenniges
10/28: Addeson Jenniges
11/4: Addeson Jenniges
11/11: Addeson Jenniges

Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week (3)
9/3: Marley Aune
9/9: Marley Aune
11/11: Marley Aune

Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (1)
9/9: Troy Johnson

Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (3)
9/9: Marie Kendall
10/7: Mallory Moseman
11/4: Mallory Moseman

Men's Golf Player of the Week (3)
9/16: Jakob Swanson
9/23: Shane Seiffert
9/30: Jakob Swanson

Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week (1)
10/7: Emery Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) 

Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week (2)
10/7: Ana Egge
10/21: Anja Jarchow

Football Defensive Player of the Week (2)
10/28: Jayden Goodwin
11/11: Austin Ahrendt

Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week (1)
11/4: Jay'ce Jones
 
Men's Basketball Player of the Week (2)
11/25: Japheth Nyamari 
2/10: Japheth Nyamari 

Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (3)
1/27: Emery Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing)
2/10: Alaina Wojtowski (Oshkosh, Wis./Valley Christian) 
2/17: Emery Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) 
 
Men's Tennis North Division Player of the Week (1)
2/3: Carson Haack

Women's Tennis North Division Player of the Week (2)
2/3: Rein Hayashi 
2/10: Rein Hayashi 

Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (1)
2/17: John Shevchuk (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine)