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Athletes of the Week

Preston Nygaard

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/27/2026
  • Sport
    Men's Swimming and Diving
  • Bio
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Nygaard won three events and was a member of two first-place relays in helping lead UWL to the team title at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational on January 23-24. He captured the 100 (55.47) and 200 (2:00.06) breaststroke and 200 I.M. (1:55.08). Nygaard was also on the winning 400 medley (3:24.11) and 400 freestyle (3:10.27) relays. He set school records in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, breaking Adam Baryenbruch's record of 55.54 in the 100 breaststroke set in 2021 and Ben Collins' record of 2:03.21 in the 200 breaststroke set in 2025. He also set a UWSP Aquatics Center facility record, breaking the time of 55.74 set by William Buhler of UW-Stevens Point in 2021. 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
5/3/2018 Nate Heili Baseball
5/3/2018 Katie Klein Softball
4/24/2018 Beth Harlos Women's Track and Field
4/24/2018 Noah Meeteer Men's Track and Field
4/10/2018 Jack Mizgalski Baseball
4/10/2018 Mia Schmidtke Softball
4/4/2018 Brady Stolzman Baseball
4/4/2018 Caitlyn Hughes Softball
3/27/2018 Samantha Wiekamp Women's Gymnastics
3/27/2018 Alex Alt Men's Tennis
3/20/2018 Brittany Baldwin Softball
3/20/2018 Brennan Schmitt Baseball
3/5/2018 Andrew Jarrett Men's Track and Field
3/5/2018 Betsy Schreier Women's Track and Field
2/26/2018 Ernest Winters Men's Track and Field
2/26/2018 Samantha Wiekamp Women's Gymnastics
2/19/2018 Elise DeNoyer Women's Basketball
2/19/2018 Ben Meinholz Men's Basketball
2/12/2018 Kayley Alioto Women's Swimming and Diving
2/12/2018 Jacob Burchfield Men's Swimming and Diving
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