Kansas City’s Hasandedic Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Hasandedic Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Nino Hasandedic was named as The Summit League's men's tennis player of the week for his performance April 9-15.
Nino Hasandedic, Kansas City
Sr., Munich, Germany
Hasandedic earns his third career award and first this season after posting a 3-0 singles record and teaming for a pair of doubles victories. Against Fort Wayne, Hasandedic posted a key victory at No. 1 singles by rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 triumph against Daniel Kang. The win helped Kansas City clinch The Summit League's regular season title in a 4-2 victory. Earlier in the week, Hasandedic scored a straight-set win (4 and 2) over Omaha's Conner Tieszen and a non-league victory over Creighton's Sam Mathison (3-6, 6-4, 6-4). He teamed with Tim Akhmedov for No. 3 doubles wins over tandems from Creighton and Omaha. Hasandedic improved to 13-7 in singles matches and 8-10 in doubles this spring.
Also nominated: Martin Muadi, Fort Wayne; Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Andrea Boglić, 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; 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; 3/26 – Grant Fleming, Kansas City; 4/2 - Andrea Boglić, South Dakota State; 4/9 – Abdul Alawadhi, Kansas City.
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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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