BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Three St. Olaf College student-athletes were honored as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Athletes of the Week in their respective sports on Monday afternoon.

Sophomore Kobe Kirk was named the MIAC Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week, first year Chloee Smith was picked as the MIAC Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week, and junior Thomas Lalonde was recognized as the MIAC Men's Hockey Defensive Player of the Week for their performances last week. Kirk and Smith earned the first MIAC Athlete of the Week accolades of their careers, while Lalonde collected his third.

Kirk averaged 24.0 points per game, while going 14-for-14 at the free-throw line, in St. Olaf's two games last week. The sophomore had a game-high 23 points in an 86-82 loss at Macalester on Wednesday night before scoring a game-high and season-high-tying 25 points in a 94-84 overtime win over Saint Mary's on Saturday. Kirk also averaged 11.0 rebounds per game in the two games, including grabbing a career-high 16 against the Scots.

Smith averaged a double-double of 12.5 points and 15.0 rebounds while adding five steals and a blocked shot in St. Olaf's two games last week. The first year had 10 points and 13 rebounds in a 71-57 loss to Macalester on Wednesday before recording 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds - the most in a game in the conference this season - in a 74-64 victory over Saint Mary's on Saturday.

In his lone start of the weekend, Lalonde stopped 26-of-27 shots and was less than a minute away from a shutout in St. Olaf's 3-1 win over Augsburg on Friday night. The junior stopped the first 24 shots he faced before the Auggies got on the board with just 36 seconds remaining.