WIU's Ragee-Nelson, Oakland's Grimmer Earn Weekly Awards

WIU's Ragee-Nelson, Oakland's Grimmer Earn Weekly Awards

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Sean Ragee-Nelson, Western Illinois

Jr., Decatur, Ill./MacArthur HS

Ragee-Nelson earns Male Athlete of the Week honors after going 5-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles last week to help the Leathernecks secure the top seed in the upcoming league championship and their first-ever regular-season title. At No. 4 singles, he defeated Lewis' Christian Nunez and Centenary's Gerardo Lozano. He also beat IPFW's Arturo Salgago, South Dakota State's Cody Malik and Oral Roberts' Clemons Geercken at No. 5 singles. On the week, he only dropped 12 games in 10 sets of singles play. At No. 2 doubles, he paired with Martin Boström to defeat SDSU's Brian Hylle and Steve Grantz.

Also nominated: Gabriel Garcia, IUPUI; Dennis Schwarz, UMKC; Oleksandr Kotsiuk, Oral Roberts.

Previous winners: April 8 - Neil Lesinski, Western Illinois; April 1 - Alex Kotsuik, Oral Roberts; March 25 - Steve Grantz, South Dakota State; March 18 - Gerry Lozano, Centenary; March 13 - Zach Frisch, Western Illinois; March 4 - Martin Boström, Western Illinois; Feb. 26 - Francisco Siguad, IPFW; Feb. 20 - Gabriel Garcia, IUPUI; Feb. 12 - Zach Frisch, Western Illinois; Feb. 5 - Gregory Sosa, IUPUI; Jan. 29 - Martin Boström, Western Illinois; Jan. 23 - Gregory Sosa, IUPUI.

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Lindsay Grimmer, Oakland

Jr., Troy, Mich./Southland Christian (Grand Valley State)

Grimmer receives Athlete of the Week honors after picking up Oakland's only victory in a 6-1 dual-match loss at Dayton last week. At No. 1 singles, the junior came from behind to defeat Allysa Detroy, 5-7, 7-6, 10-6. At. No. 1 doubles, she paired with Michelle Maxfield to drop a close match, 8-6, to Detroy and Megan Gray.

Also nominated: Stacy Lish, IPFW.

Previous winners: April 8 - Amy Recht, IPFW; April 1 - Hanna Hager, IPFW; March 25 - Kateryna Drynova, Southern Utah; March 18 - Emmi Nelson-Bulloch, Southern Utah; March 13 - Ashley Clark, Western Illinois; March 4 - Sachi Janek, IPFW; Feb. 26 - Stacy Lish, IPFW; Feb. 20 - Stacy Lish, IPFW; Feb. 12 - Ashley Clark, Western Illinois; Feb. 5 - Ashley Coulson, IPFW; Jan. 29 - Amy Recht, IPFW; Jan. 23 - Kim Lennartsson, Western Illinois.