Kansas City’s Grant Fleming Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Grant Fleming Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Grant Fleming was named as The Summit League's men's tennis player of the week for his performance March 5-11.
Grant Fleming, Kansas City
Sr., Overland Park, Kan.
Fleming notched a straight-set singles victory and a doubles win to lead his team to a 4-0 triumph during the week. Against Oral Roberts, Fleming secured a 2 and 1 win over Pedro Moreno at No. 3 singles. In doubles play, Fleming was part of an 8-3 win over the ORU tandem of Moreno and Mechali. Fleming's season record is 8-3 in singles and 7-2 in doubles.
Also nominated: Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Matt Frost, Omaha; Andrea Boglić, South Dakota State.
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; 2/19 – Tomas Patino, Kansas City; 2/26 Martin Muadi, Fort Wayne; 3/5 – Parker Lawley, South Dakota State.
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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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