Northeast Credit Union Athletes of the Week - Mathis & Shippee

While most students were off celebrating the end of the year with graduation exercises, Big Green athletes were competing on a different stage. Freshman Kristina Mathis topped off her first year at Dartmouth clinching a first round NCAA win in tennis against William & Mary. Junior Jacob Shippee became the first male athlete to win the javelin throw at the Heptagonal Champship since 2005.

Their efforts are rewarded by being named the Northeast Credit Union Athletes of the Week.

Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes - one male, one female - as the Northeast Credit Union Athletes of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on and off the field of competition.

Jacob Shippee, Jr., Bolton, Conn., Track & Field

Shippee was the Big Green's top performer this past weekend at the 2015 Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heptagonal Championship at Penn. Shippee won the men's individual title and earned the 10 points in the javelin with a throw of 208-0.0/63.41m on his sixth and final toss. His throw was nearly 10 feet better than the next-closest competitor, second-place Jim Budzinski of Dartmouth. With the win, Shippee became the first big Green male to win the javelin since Sean Furey in 2005 and just the second in 40 years.

Kristina Mathis, Fr., Greer, S.C., Tennis

In the first round of the NCAA Championship against William & Mary on Saturday, Mathis clinched the win for Dartmouth with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) victory at No. 3 singles, helping to lead the Big Green to a 4-1 win. In the second round against No. 2 UNC, although her match went unfinished, she was in the third set after splitting sets with a player ranked 20th in the country, while, in doubles, she and Taylor Ng were tied at four with a pair ranked 35th in the nation before the match expired.

Former Athletes of the Week