Drew Lutz Earns Cross­roads League Player of the Week 

Mishawaka – Bethel Uni­ver­si­ty’s se­nior bas­ket­ball player Drew Lutz has earned Cross­roads Player of the Week two weeks in a row for the weeks of Oct. 31 and Nov. 7.  

Dur­ing the Pi­lots Nov. 2 against Holy Cross, Bethel won 80 to 55, with Lutz scor­ing 28 points and 1 re­bound. Lutz went 10 for 15 from field goal, and 8 for 11 from 3-point range. He also fin­ished with 5 as­sists. Two days later, the Pi­lots faced IUSB and won 98 to 78, with Lutz record­ing a dou­ble-dou­ble (16 points and 11 as­sists). Lutz was only 2 re­bounds shy of a triple-dou­ble. For this game, Lutz went 4 for 11 from field goal, and 3 for 5 from 3-point range. Lutz also recorded 5 free throws this game (go­ing 5 for 6).  

“Be­ing named Cross­road Player of the Week is a huge bless­ing, es­pe­cially since it’s my first one,” Lutz said fol­low­ing the first week he re­ceived the ti­tle. “Even though I was named this ti­tle, none of this would have been pos­si­ble if it was­n’t for my won­der­ful team­mates.” 

Lutz said he works to show self­less lead­er­ship on and off the court.  

“Yes, I want to win but I also want to see my other team­mates suc­ceed,” Lutz said. 

Steve Drabyn, the team’s coach, ap­pre­ci­ates Lutz’s ac­com­plish­ments as well. 

“Drew is an amaz­ing ath­lete, and I am ex­tremely proud of him,” Drabyn said. “I truly can’t wait to see what else he will be able to ac­com­plish.”