Kansas City’s Bouet Named Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Bouet Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Laura Bouet was named as The Summit League's women's tennis player of the week for her performance March 26-April 1.
Laura Bouet, Kansas City
Sr., Gap, France
Bouet earned her fifth career award and first this season, after combining for a 6-0 record in singles and doubles matches during The Summit League's cluster at Rochester, Mich. Playing at No. 1 singles, Bouet scored victories over Oakland's Emily Raidt (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)), IUPUI's Shelby Hullett (6-3, 6-1) and South Dakota's Milica Pavlovic (7-5, 6-4). Teaming with Eva Dalvai at No. 1 doubles, Bouet was part of an 8-4 win against IUPUI and an 8-0 victory over South Dakota. Bouet helped the Kangaroos go 3-0 on the weekend to improve to 5-1 in Summit League play while clinching a berth in the league tournament.
Also nominated: Miloslava Shustova, Fort Wayne; Bobbi Modesto, IUPUI; Florencia Magni, 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; 3/19 – Anita Henestrosa, Fort Wayne; 3/26 – Milica Pavlovic, South Dakota.
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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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