Kansas City’s Schulte Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Schulte Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Maddie Schulte was named as The Summit League's women's tennis player of the week for her performance Feb. 12-18.
Maddie Schulte, Kansas City
So., Wichita, Kan.
Schulte receives her second career award and first of the season after posting a 2-0 singles record during the week. Against No. 66 Wichita State, Schulte recorded a three-set victory (6-4, 3-6, 10-7) over Summer Schlotterback at No. 6 singles. In her match against UALR, Schulte rallied for a three-set victory (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) against Michaela McShane. The two wins improved Schulte to 5-6 in singles matches this season.
Also nominated: Marcy Huck, Fort Wayne; Molly Matricardi, Omaha; Beatriz Souza, South Dakota State.
Previous recipients: 1/28 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State; 2/5 – Eva Dalvai, Kansas City; 2/12 – Caterina Kiefer, Fort Wayne.
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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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