OU's Cunningham, IUPUI's Witt Named Golfers of the Week
OU's Cunningham, IUPUI's Witt Named Golfers of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Nick Cunningham and IUPUI's Kelli Witt were named The Summit League's Male and Female Golfers of the Week for their performances March 13-19.
MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Nick Cunningham, Oakland
Sr. // Grand Blanc, Mich.
Cunningham collects his first career Golfer of the Week award after leading Oakland at the Carter Plantation Invitational. The senior fired a 54-hole score of 221 (71-75-75) to finish in a tie for 16th place at 5-over-par. He had a stroke average of 73.7 and his first round score of 71 was tied for the team-low at the tournament.
Also nominated: Dan Wert, Fort Wayne; Cole Adams, IUPUI.
Previous honorees: 10/3 – Korbin Kuehn, UMKC/Nathan Anderson, NDSU; 11/7 – Nathan Anderson, NDSU; 2/20 – Nathan Anderson, NDSU; 2/27 – Nathan Hughes, UMKC; 3/13 – Hudson Carpenter, SDSU.
FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Kelli Witt, IUPUI
So. // Fishers, Ind.
Witt earns her first career Golfer of the Week award after finishing in a tie for second place at the Bulldog Florida Invitational. At the tournament, the sophomore carded a 36-hole score of 156 (76-80) for a stroke average of 78.0 on the week. Her first round score of 76 was a tournament-low among the 33 competitors.
Also nominated: Sydney Bailey, Fort Wayne; Kristi Tschudin, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 10/3 – Amy Anderson, NDSU; 11/7 – Amy Anderson, NDSU; 2/27 – Amy Anderson, NDSU; 3/6 – Kassandra Komma, OU; 3/13 – Amy Anderson, NDSU.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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), Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, 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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