Christine Marks (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) and Ethan Eichhorst (Drums, PA/Hazleton) have been named the 2011-2012 Wendy's Athletes of the Year at Misericordia University.

Marks, a senior on the women's basketball team, claimed the honor for the second straight season after leading the Cougars to their first Freedom Championship and NCAA Tournament berth.

She was a first-team All-Freedom Conference selection for the third straight season and earned d3hoops.com All-Region honors for the second straight year.

In addition, she was d3hoops.com All-American honorable mention selection and was one of 10 finalists for the Josten's Trophy.

She averaged a double-double with 19.1 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game while becoming Misericordia's all-time leadering scorer (1,644) and rebounder (903).

Marks set a school record with 167 free throws and is MU's all-time leader with 510.  She also became MU's all-time leader in free throw % (84.3).

Eichhorst, a senior on the men's basketball team, was named the Freedom Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to their first Freedom Conference title and a trip to the NCAA's.

He was aFirst-team All-Freedom selection for the second straight season and was named to the d3hoops.com All-Region team.

In addition, he was named NABC All-District, D-III News All-American and participated in the Reese's
D-III national All-Star game.

He led the team in scoring (18.0 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) and finished fourth all-time on MU's scoring list with 1,476 points.

He set a school record in free throw percentage (88.5) and finished 13th in the nation.

In its 13th year, the Wendy's Misericordia University Athlete of the Month program is sponsored by Quality Served Fast (QSF), our local Wendy's franchise organization.