Female Scholar Athlete of the Week: January 7th - January 13th, 2019
Central Michigan's Gianna Plaksa, Gymnastics (Senior, 3.92, Biology/Biomedical Sciences)
Won the uneven parallel bars, shared first place on the floor exercise and won the all-around in leading the 22nd-ranked Chippewas to a 195.275 team score – far and away the best by a MAC team this season – as CMU cruised past Illinois State in a nonconference dual. Plaksa won the bars with a 9.800, tied for first with teammate Nora Fettinger on the floor exercise with a 9.