Fort Wayne’s Henestrosa Named Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Henestrosa Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Anita Henestrosa was named as The Summit League's women's tennis player of the week for her performance March 12-18.
Anita Henestrosa, Fort Wayne
Sr., Ruemligen, Switzerland
Henestrosa earned her first award of the season and the third of her career after going 4-0 in both singles and doubles matches during Summit League cluster play. Playing the No. 1 singles position, Henestrosa cruised to straight-set victories in each of her matches, besting Western Illinois' Yessenia Mejia (0 and 0), South Dakota State's Florencia Magni (4 and 2), Omaha's Alex Tran (1 and 1) and Kansas City's Laura Bouet (0 and 0). In doubles play, she led Fort Wayne's No. 1 tandem to an 8-0 win over WIU, 8-2 victories over both South Dakota State and Omaha, and an 8-4 triumph against Kansas City. Henestrosa improved her singles record to 15-6 and doubles mark to 18-4 while leading the Mastodons to a 4-0 start in The Summit League.
Also nominated: Shelby Hullett, IUPUI; Ffion Davies, South Dakota State.
Previous recipients: 1/28 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State; 2/5 – Eva Dalvai, Kansas City; 2/12 – Caterina Kiefer, Fort Wayne; 2/19 – Maddie Schulte, Kansas City; 2/26 - Beatriz Souza, South Dakota State; 3/5 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State; 3/12 – 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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