Fort Wayne’s Freitas Named Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Freitas Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Joao Freitas was named as The Summit League's men's tennis player of the week for his performance Feb. 5-Feb. 11.
Joao Freitas, Fort Wayne
So., Carapicuiba, Brazil
Freitas collects his second career award and first of the season after posting singles and doubles victories against Wright State. Playing the No. 6 singles position, Freitas scored a straight-set (3 and 2) win over WSU's Evan Neuman, accounting for the Mastodons lone point in the match. He also was victorious in his doubles match, an 8-5 triumph, at the No. 1 position.
Also nominated: Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Mateus Moreira, South Dakota State.
Previous recipients: 1/21 – Bradley Holt, Western Illinois; 1/28 – Tomas Patino, Kansas City; 2/5 – Joel Modesitt, IUPUI.
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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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