DECORAH, Iowa - Michel Heinrich and Rylie Bucklin have been named the October LetterWërks Athletes of the Month.

Michel Heinrich became the Midwest Individual Conference Champion in the men's 8K cross country race with a time of 25:06. Heinrich is the first individual conference champion for cross country since Isaac Jensen in 2016. Along with the title of champion, he also received MWC all-conference honors. In the month of October, Heinrich ran three 8K races placing third, fifth, and first with his best time being a 23:51.7 which is a season high for him.

Rylie Bucklin started in all seven games playing 602 minutes in goal for the Luther women's soccer team. She allowed only one goal scored against her along with 14 saves and four shutouts. The Norse won their first conference regular season championship in a decade this month becoming the Midwest Conference number one seed in the women;s soccer tournament and being the tournament host for their first year in the conference. 

The LetterWërks Athlete of the Month award looks to honor and highlight Luther student-athlete achievements throughout a given month of competition
 

LetterWërks Athletes of the Month

September - Sean Medcalfe (Football) and Allie Christensen (Women's Tennis)

October - Michel Heinrich (Men's Cross Country) and Rylie Bucklin (Women's Soccer)