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 Feb. 12-Feb. 18.
Tomas Patino, Kansas City
Jr., Medellin, Colombia
Patino collects his second career honor, both this season, after posting a 2-0 record along with a doubles victories during the week. Against No. 51 Arkansas, Patino rallied for a three-set victory at No. 1 singles (1-6, 6-4, 10-7) over Mike Ward. Patino also was part of the Kangaroos tandem that notched an 8-4 doubles victory over the Razorbacks in a 5-2 loss. Playing the No. 2 singles position, Patino scored a straight-set (3 and 1) victory over Air Force's Grant Taylor. Patino owns identical 9-4 singles and doubles records this season.
Also nominated: Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Joao Freitas, Fort Wayne; Parker Lawley, South Dakota State; Mitch Granger, Western Illinois.
Previous recipients: 1/21 – Bradley Holt, Western Illinois; 1/28 – Tomas Patino, Kansas City; 2/5 – Joel Modesitt, IUPUI; 2/12 – Joao Freitas, 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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