Weinert, Cooney named Brock University Athletes of the Week

Madalyn Weinert (St. Catharines, Ont) of the women’s basketball team and Devin Cooney (Kanata, Ont) of the men’s volleyball team have been named the Brock University Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Jan. 28. 

Weinert, a third-year guard, earned a massive milestone over the weekend by scoring her 1000th career Ontario University Athletics (OUA) point against the Lakehead Thunderwolves. On Friday, Jan. 26, the Medical Sciences major shot 13-for-16 from the field for a game-high 32 points while adding seven rebounds, three assists, five steals and three blocks. She followed that up with a season-high 34 points in 40 minutes of action in the Badgers’ second straight win over the Thunderwolves on Saturday, Jan. 27. Weinert earned her sixth double-double of the year after grabbing ten rebounds and added two assists, two blocks and two steals to her final stat line.  

In a weekend sweep over the Western Mustangs, Cooney delivered two of his strongest performances of the season. In the 3-1 victory on Friday, the sophomore outside hitter earned a game-high 17.5 points off 15 kills, two service aces and 0.5 blocks. The Media and Communications Studies major followed this up with a game-high and career-high 24 points the next day. Conney’s 21 kills were also a career high. He added two service aces and one block as the Badgers came back from two sets down to defeat the Mustangs on Saturday night.