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Wheaton Native Lake Bachar Named WIAC Player of the Week

2014 Oct 27

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football sophomore Lake Bachar was named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 13-19, the league announced last week.

Bachar, a Wheaton, Ill., native, sent five of his nine kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks and averaged 53.3 yards per punt Saturday to help UW-Whitewater defeat host UW-Eau Claire 52-3.

Bachar pinned the Blugolds inside their own 20-yard line on two of his three punts, and hit a season-long 67-yard punt that was downed at the UW-Eau Claire 6-yard line midway through the first quarter.

Through games of Oct. 26, Bachar ranks second in the conference in punting average (41.7 yards per punt), pinning opponents inside the 20-yard line on seven of his 20 punts. He has 22 touchbacks on 52 kickoffs so far this season.