Student Athlete of the Week - Jan. 21 - Jan. 27 - University of Oregon Athletics

Anna Powaska has been named the GoDucks.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January 21 - January 27.

Anna Powaska, a senior originally from Gdynia, Poland, helped lead the Ducks into battle this past week in two tough matches at the Student Tennis Center. Powaska finished the week with 2 singles victories and 1 doubles victory. In the Ducks' tough loss to Utah on Friday, Powaska came up victorious in a hard fought battle that came down to the wire, defeating Leigh Walsh 7-5, 7-5. In her doubles match on the same day, she teamed up with Siobhan Cavan to defeat Erin Monson and Andrea Maughan, 8-2. In the Ducks' impressive 4-3 defeat of Cal Poly on Sunday, Powaska dominated her singles match winning 6-2, 6-1.

Powaska and the Ducks will take a break this weekend before battling Boise St. next Wednesday at the Student Tennis Center.

The Powaska File

“Being forced to play in the number two spot last year was tough for Anna. She has regained her confidence and should move up in the lineup as the year progresses. Her game is such that she makes it a very physical game. Her opponents will feel like they have just run a marathon.“ Coach Reber

Fall 2006: Compiled a 2-5 record in tournaments...Defeated Megan Doheny of the defending Pac-10 Champion Stanford Cardinal during the ITA Northwest Regional...Playing with four different partners, tallied a 4-4 record in doubles play.

2005-06: Went 11-5 in tournament action, including four wins at the Wailea Tennis Classic, two of which came against rival Washington...Was thrust into the top of the dual lineup and had a tough year in which she compiled a 1-15 record at the No. 2 spot and a 2-4 record at No. 3...

2004-05: Saw limited action playing two matches at No. 3 and one apiece at No. 4 and 5... Competed in five doubles matches and recorded one win and four losses.

Before Oregon: As one of the top junior players in Poland, Powaska reached a top WTA ranking of 913 for singles and 825 for doubles, while graduating from the same school (Sopot Academy) as former teammate and two-time All-American, Daria Panova.

Personal: Born July 3, 1985 in Gdynia, Poland...Parents are Gregorz and Maria Powaska...Major is Undecided

2007-08 GoDucks.com Student Athletes of the Week

Week 1	August 26 - September 1	Football	Dennis Dixon
Week 2	September 2 - 8	Football	Dennis Dixon
Week 3	September 9-16	Football	Jonathan Stewart
Week 4	September 17-23	Football	Cameron Colvin
Week 5	September 24-30	Volleyball	Heather Meyers
Week 6	October 1-7	Soccer	Teresa Bowns
Week 7	October 8-14	Football	Nick Reed
Week 8	October 15-21	Football	Jonathan Stewart
Week 9	October 22-28	Cross Country	Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott
Week 10	October 29 - November 4	Football	Nick Reed
Week 11	November 5-11	Volleyball	Gorana Maricic
Week 12	November 12-18	Basketball	Malik Hairston
Week 13	November 19-25	Cross Country	Galen Rupp
Week 14	November 26 - December 2	Volleyball	Sonja Newcombe
Week 15	December 3-9	Wrestling	Ryan Dunn
Week 16	December 10-16	Wrestling	Charlie Alexander
Week 17	December 24-30	Basketball	Maarty Leunen
Week 18	December 31- January 6	Football	Jonathan Stewart
Week 19	January 7-13	Basketball	Malik Hairston
Week 20	January 14-20	Basketball	Tamika Nurse
Week 21	January 21-27	Tennis	Anna Powaska