Kansas City’s Patino Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Patino Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Tomas Patino was named as The Summit League's men's tennis player of the week for his performance Jan. 22- 28.
Tomas Patino, Kansas City
Jr., Medellin, Colombia (Oklahoma State Univ.)
Patino earns his first career award after "playing up" and earning a victory in Kansas City's match against Southern Illinois. Projected as the Kangaroos' No. 3 singles player, Patino was forced into action at No. 1 for his short-handed squad. After dropping the first set against SIU's Brandon Florez, he rallied for a three-set (2-6, 6-4, 10-8) victory to even his individual singles season record at 1-1.
Also nominated: Martin Muadi, Fort Wayne; Mateus Moreira, South Dakota State; Bradley Holt, Western Illinois.
Previous recipient: 1/21 – Bradley Holt, Western Illinois.
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Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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