Steve Catich, a forward on the men’s basketball team, was selected as Wheeling Jesuit’s Athlete of the Week for his performance against Seton Hill University on February 1 at the Alma Grace McDonough Center.
Catich led Jesuit to a 20-point, 97-77, win over the Griffins of Seton Hill. In front of a home crowd, the senior from Tyrone, Pa. scored 20 first-half points en route to a game-high 30 points while pulling down seven rebounds. In addition, he made 75 percent of his shots (12-for-16) which included a 67 percent (4-for-6) effort from behind the three point arc.
For the season, Catich averages a team-high 21 points per game while shooting 58 percent from the field, 43 percent from long-distance, and 81 percent from the foul line. He is third on the team in rebounds per game (5.5 rpg) and has accumulated 30 assists, 12 blocked shots, and 13 steals.
