BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin Wallace University winter student-athlete, men's sophomore track standout Brandon Eddy (Cuyahoga Heights)has been named as Ohio Athletic Conference Athlete-of-the-Week today (Monday, January 23, 2012).  Eddy is being honored for the first time.

Eddy earned his award for his efforts in leading the Yellow Jacket men's track team to a title at the 7-team BW Mid-January Meet last Friday (Jan. 20) on the Harrison Dillard Track in the Lou Higgins Center. Individually, Eddy won the pole vault with a meet and school indoor-record vault of 16-feet, won the high jump with a leap of 6'2" and won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.97 seconds.

This Friday, Eddy and his teammates will host the annual OAC North Split Squad Meet on the Dillard Track at 5:00 p.m.

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