Austin Rehkow — football
Sophomore Austin Rehkow, Idaho’s kicker, punter and kickoff specialist, earned Sun Belt Conference and College Football Performance awards for his punting and kicking after his performance during Idaho’s victory over New Mexico State Saturday. The Sun Belt honored him as the Special Team’s Player of the Week, while CFPA recognized him as the National Specialist of the Week. The sophomore from Spokane did it all for Idaho, nailing two punts inside the 5-yard line, making all three of his field goal attempts and rocketing two kickoffs for touchbacks. Rehkow currently leads the nation in punting average at 48.0 yards per punt.
Katelyn Peterson — volleyball
Neither Montana school put up much of a fight against the Vandals last week, as Idaho swept both Montana and Montana State 3-0 at Memorial Gym. Idaho’s offensive attack was led by junior outside hitter Katelyn Peterson, who recorded her fifth double-double of the season Friday against Montana State, finishing with 10 digs and a team-high 11 kills. Her Friday performance came following her 10-kill, 8-dig game Thursday against Montana, where she also led Idaho in kills.
Olivia Baggerly — soccer
The Idaho soccer team couldn’t pull out a victory over the weekend, but one loss and one draw leaves the Vandals in contention for the regular season title. In Idaho’s first game Friday against Weber State, freshman forward Olivia Baggerly assisted in Idaho’s two goals during the double overtime loss. Baggerly kept up her offensive showing Sunday against Idaho State, recording five shots and one goal against the Bengals in the double overtime draw.
Odon Barta — men’s tennis
Junior Odon Barta led the Idaho men’s tennis team Wednesday to Sunday at the ITA Regionals in Las Vegas, Nevada. Barta, the No. 27 seed in the tournament, defeated four opponents, two of them higher seeds than him, before being beaten in the quarterfinals by the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Barta beat Northern Arizona’s Alex Locci in two sets 6-3, 6-4, Denver’s David Fox in the Round of 64 in a close 7-5, 7-6 win, Nevada’s Ryan Andrada 7-5, 4-0 and his Round of 16 bout with New Mexico State’s Liam Goldberg, dispatching him in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 7-6. Barta dropped the quarterfinal round match to the top-seeded Henry Craig of Denver, 6-4, 6-3.
Galina Bykova — women’s tennis
Sophomore Galina Bykova competed well for Idaho in both singles and doubles Wednesday to Sunday at the ITA Regionals in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bykova advanced to the singles quarterfinal round of the tournament, finishing with a 4-1 record in a field of 128 competitors. Her and her partner Sophie Vickers also went 3-1 in doubles play during the week. Bykova’s highlight win of the tournament came in the Round of 64, upsetting No. 5 seed Maureen Slattery of Denver. She defeated Slattery in two sets, 6-2, 7-5.
Cody Helbling — cross country
Senior Cody Helbling won his second meet of the season Saturday at the Inland Empire Challenge in Lewiston. Helbling placed first with a time of 23 minutes, 48 seconds on the men’s 8-kilomoeter course. The next best collegiate racer Nick Roche of Gonzaga finished in 24:15.
“The men had improvement overall and we had some PR’s,” Idaho coach Travis Floeck said. “I still feel there is a little more there and want us to get more consistent as a group, but I’m pleased.”