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Case Western Reserve University senior Art Martinez, a member of the wrestling team, and sophomore Kate Coonan, an infielder/outfielder on the softball team, have been named the Spartan Club Athletes of the Week for their performances this past week.

Martinez placed sixth at 133 pounds at the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Wrestling Championships last weekend at the Alliant Power House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. With the top-eight finish, Martinez became the program's first All-American in 14 years and the team's first-ever at the weight class. He went 3-3 during the championship with a pin across two days of action. On the first day, Martinez, seeded eighth in the draw, defeated ninth-seeded Chance Suddeth by sudden-victory 4-1 in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, Martinez fell by decision, 10-4, to top-seeded Garrett Totten of TCNJ. With his season on the line in the consolation bracket, Martinez secured All-America honors with a pin of Coast Guard's Marvin Armistead in 4:31, clinching at least an eighth-place finish at the meet. On the second day, Martinez defeated Wyatt Unser of Wisconsin-Eau Claire by decision, 13-12, before losing to second-seeded Jake Craig (Southern Maine) and sixth-seeded Patrick Mullen (Wartburg) to finish sixth in the bracket. Martinez finished the 2025-26 season with a record of 36-7, including 11 pins and 10 technical falls and ended his career with an overall record of 140-39, the second-most wins in program history.

Overall, CWRU placed 35th out of 71 teams in the overall standings with 11.0 points, its highest finish since tying for 34th in 2012. The Spartans qualified for the national championship for the first time in 14 years.

Coonan was the best hitter for the 16th-ranked Spartans as the team went 4-4 during its final eight games of a trip to central Florida last week. Coonan hit .385 (10-for-26) with a .407 on-base percentage and .423 slugging percentage across eight games. She scored four times, drove in a pair of runs, walked once, and stole three bases. In the field, Coonan did not make an error at first base, recording 38 putouts and two assists across 52 and two-third innings. She had a hit in seven of the eight contests and two hits in three of the games. In an 8-3 win over Hope, Coonan went two-for-three, she added a two-for-four performance in a 3-1 victory over Hiram, and she collected a pair of hits, scored a run, and drove in a run in a 9-5 loss to 23rd-ranked Belhaven. Coonan leads the team with a .386 batting average this season and is third on the squad with a .861 on-base plus slugging. The Spartans ended the trip to Florida with a 10-4 record.

The Spartans will return to Cleveland for their first home games of the season on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21. CWRU will welcome sixth-ranked WashU to start University Athletic Association play with a single game currently scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. and doubleheader slated to begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday.

The Spartan Club Athletes of the Week are selected by the CWRU Department of Athletics each Monday, based on their performance during the previous week of competition.

Honorable Mentions:

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Eric Colgrove (baseball) turned in the best start of his career to help lead the Spartans to a 2-1 win over Marietta on Monday. Colgrove pitched a career-high six and two-third innings in the game, allowing one run on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in the no-decision. Through three appearances and one start this season, Colgrove has a 4.00 earned run average with a .226 opponents' batting average. The Spartans stand at 9-5 overall this year.

The Spartans will return home to Cleveland to host John Carroll University for a doubleheader at Nobby's Ballpark on Saturday, March 21, at noon.

Sophomore Rowan Matorin (men's tennis) went a perfect 4-0 in singles matches for the third-ranked Spartans last weekend. Matorin began his week with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win at no. 5 singles against Aaron Ben Anton in a 6-1 CWRU win over Division II Saint Mary's. He went on to claim three straight-set wins during the week, besting 15th-ranked WashU's Coleman Merce 6-3, 6-3 at no. 6 singles in a 4-3 CWRU loss, 36th-ranked Southwestern's Bernie Clemente 6-4, 6-3 at no. 4 singles in a 7-0 team win, and ninth-ranked Swarthmore's Seth Sadikov 6-0, 6-3 at no. 6 singles in a 4-3 Spartan win. Matorin improved to 13-4 overall in singles play for the year, including an 8-0 mark in dual matches, and is 7-4 in doubles play. Matorin helped the Spartans go 8-2 over 10 matches during the week and improve to 19-4 overall for the season.

Case Western Reserve will be off for the next two weeks before returning to action on Saturday, March 28, against eighth-ranked Emory University at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club in Mayfield, Ohio at 5 p.m.

Senior pitcher Devanghi Misra (softball) led the pitching staff for the 16th-ranked Spartans as the team ended its trip to Florida with a 4-4 record from Monday to Friday. Misra went 2-1 with a 1.81 earned average across five starts and 19 and one-third innings. She struck out eight, allowed just five earned runs, and held opponents to a .167 batting average. On Monday, Misra earned the win against Hope, allowing just one run on two hits in six innings. The following day, she allowed one run in three innings during a victory over Hiram. Misra pitched five shutout innings against Kean on Thursday, allowing just one hit and no walks in an 8-0 six-inning victory. This season, she leads the team with a 4-1 record and 2.18 ERA across 35 and one-third innings. The Spartans ended the trip to Florida with a 10-4 record.

Graduate student Eli Westrick (baseball), who started games at first base, second base, and designated hitter, recorded a 1.558 OPS with a .600/.625/.933 slash line to lead the team over four games at the Spartan Southern Classic last week. Westrick went nine-for-15 at the plate with four runs scored, three runs batted in, a double, two triples, a walk, and a stolen base on two attempts. Highlights from his week included a four-for-five showing against Johnston & Wales with two runs, a RBI, and a triple, including a game-tying run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the 4-3 win, and a three-for-five day with a double, a run, and a run batted in during a 5-2 win against Mitchell. Westrick also drove in the game-tying run and scored the game-winning run in a 2-1 win against Marietta earlier in the week. He is batting .452 with a 1.263 OPS this season with five runs batted in and 11 runs scored. 

2025-26 Spartan Club Athletes of the Week:
Sept. 2: Jacob Slater (men's cross country) & Jamie Goldfarb (women's soccer)
Sept. 8: Mitchell Fein (men's soccer) & Maggie Farra (women's soccer)
Sept. 15: Bradley Winter (men's soccer) & Ceci Dapino (women's soccer)
Sept. 22: Daniel King (football) & Halina Tompkins (women's cross country)
Sept. 29: Sam DeTillio (football) & Kalli Wall (volleyball)
Oct. 6: Osi Chukwuocha (football) & Ceci Dapino (women's soccer)
Oct. 13: Kalli Wall (volleyball) & Claire Kozma (women's swimming and diving)
Oct. 20: Jacob Slater (men's cross country) & Halina Tompkins (women's cross country)
Oct. 27: Bradley Winter (men's soccer) & Ellie Palaian (women's soccer)
Nov. 3: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Sohalya Rawlins (women's swimming and diving)
Nov. 10: Thomas Wagner (wrestling) & Emily Plachta (women's basketball)
Nov. 18: Jacob Slater (men's cross country) & Kalli Wall (volleyball)
Nov. 24: John Drumm (men's swimming and diving) & Claire Kozma (women's swimming and diving)
Dec. 1: Andrew Fox (men's basketball) & Maura Schorr (women's basketball)
Dec. 8: Antonio Sidoti (men's track and field) & Gianna Phipps (women's track and field)
Jan. 5: Anand Dharmarajan (men's basketball) & Mya Hartjes (women's basketball)
Jan. 12: Thomas Wagner (wrestling) & Mya Hartjes (women's basketball)
Jan. 20: Hunter Keane (wrestling) & Grace Misiunas (women's track and field)
Jan. 26: William Froass (men's swimming and diving) & Michelle Lee (women's track and field)
Feb. 2: Ethan Edwards (men's basketball) & Lillian Paley (women's swimming and diving)
Feb. 9: Alexander Goldman (wrestling) & Maura Schorr (women's basketball)
Feb. 16: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Gianna Phipps (women's track and field)
Feb. 23: Ethan Edwards (men's basketball) & Claire Kozma (women's swimming and diving)
March 2: Mathew Gummere (wrestling) & Gianna Phipps (women's track and field)
March 16: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Kate Coonan (softball)