IUPUI Sweeps Golfer of the Week Awards

4/3/2013 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Santiago Ruiz and Yuri Otsuka were named The Summit League's Male and Female Golfers of the Week for their performances March 27 – April 2.

MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Santiago Ruiz, IUPUI
So. // Bogota, Colombia
Ruiz earns his first career Golfer of the Week honor after his first-place performance at the Beu/Mussatto Invitational. The sophomore carded a 54-hole score of 217 (73-74-70) for his first career tournament victory and third career top-10 finish. Entering the final round, Ruiz was in a tie for 11^th place before shooting a 2-under-par 70. The Jaguars finished in second place, which is their top performance of the season.

Also nominated: Antoine Rozner, Kansas City; Hudson Carpenter, South Dakota State.

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; 3/20 – Nick Cunningham, OU; 3/27 – Korbin Kuehn, UMKC.

FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Yuri Otsuka, IUPUI
So. // Urayasu, Japan
Otsuka captures her first career Golfer of the Week award after leading IUPUI at the Challenge at Onion Creek last week. In the 54-hole tournament, the sophomore fired a 225 (76-74-75) to finish in a tie for 28^th place. She had a 75.0 stroke average at the event as IUPUI placed 12^th as a team with nine of the participating teams ranked in Golfstat's Top-100.

Also nominated: Morgan Fitts, South Dakota State.

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; 3/20 – Kelli Witt, IUPUI; 3/27 – Amy Anderson, NDSU.

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