Student-Athlete of the Week

Week of January 9 - January 15, 2017

Chris Shkil - Men's Basketball

Senior Chris Shkil of the Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team led the Tartans to their first road weekend sweep of Brandeis and New York since 2006 with a 70-66 win at Brandeis Friday and a 78-72 victory at NYU Sunday afternoon. In the two games, Shkil averaged 16.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and shot 63.2% from the floor. In the Tartans win over NYU, he tied a season-best with 20 points and added 10 rebounds to record his fourth double-double this season. The senior scored 13 points and collected six rebounds in the win at Brandeis, which was the first time the Tartans won in Waltham in 11 years.

Shkil currently ranks tops in the UAA with 33 blocks and moved into third on CMU's all-time block list, as he has 145 for his career.