Kansas City’s Fleming Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s 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 19-25.
Grant Fleming, Kansas City
Sr., Overland Park, Kan.
Fleming earned his third career award, and second this season, after a pair of straight-set singles victories in league matches. Against South Dakota State, Fleming scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over Mateus Moreira at No. 2 singles and combined with Tomas Patino for a 9-8 No. 1 doubles victory. Two days later versus IUPUI, Fleming notched a 6-2, 6-2 win over Nick Volz at the No. 2 singles position and teamed with Patino for an 8-2 triumph at No. 1 doubles to help lead the Kangaroos to a 4-3 victory. Fleming extended his singles win streak to six and his doubles win streak to four as his team started Summit League play 2-0.
Also nominated: Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Parker Lawley, 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; 3/12 Grant Fleming, Kansas City; 3/19 – Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI.
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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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