TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State football's Garret Ollendieck was named this week's Mark Clinkenbeard Construction ISU Student-Athlete of the Week as announced by the athletic department on Monday afternoon.
 
Ollendieck had another monster game on the defensive side of the ball for Indiana State as the Sycamore junior linebacker posted his first career 3.0-sack game. The Cresco, Iowa native finished the contest with 11 tackles including three sacks against Western Illinois. He also added two quarterback hurries as ISU consistently harried the Leathernecks' passing game on Saturday afternoon.
 
Ollendieck was disruptive early with his first sack of the game ending Western Illinois' second drive in the first quarter. He added four tackles on a drive in the second quarter that led to an ISU interception to end another WIU drive inside Sycamore territory.
 
The junior linebacker came up big in the fourth quarter with his sack setting up a 4th-and-14 inside Western territory. The next play, he went back through the middle for a quarterback hurry on a play that resulted in an incompletion and turnover on downs. Justin Dinka scored three plays later for the game-clinching touchdown.
 
Ollendieck leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 13.5 tackles-for-loss and is third overall with 7.5 sacks in the 2023 season. He also enters the final week of the regular season sitting tied for fourth in the Valley with 8.7 tackles per game.
 
The Mark Clinkenbeard Construction ISU Student-Athlete of the Week will be announced every Monday afternoon throughout the 2023-24 athletic season.
 
Previous Winners
November 13 – Garret Ollendieck (Football)
November 6 – Chloe Farro (Women's Swimming & Diving)
October 30 – Molly Lee (Women's Golf)
October 23 – Claire Parsons (Women's Swimming & Diving)
October 16 – Kira Holland (Volleyball)
October 9 – Maddie Alexander (Women's Soccer)
October 2 – Plez Lawrence (Football)
September 25 – Kristen Hobbs (Women's Golf)
September 18 – Emma Gresham (Women's Cross Country)
September 11 - Mackenzie Kent (Women's Soccer)
September 4 - Ethan Breen (Men's Cross Country)
August 28 - Maddie Alexander (Women's Soccer)
 
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