Kansas City's Alawadhi Named Player of the Week
Kansas City's Alawadhi Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Abdul Alawadhi was named as The Summit League's men's tennis player of the week for his performance April 2-8.
Abdul Alawadhi, Kansas City
Sr., Kuwait City, Kuwait
Alawadhi earns his second career award and first this season after posting a 3-0 singles record, including a key league victory. Against Western Illinois on senior day, Alawadhi scored a straight-set victory (3 and 4) over Patrick Hammers at No. 2 singles and teamed with David Heckler for an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles. His wins helped Kansas City clinch a berth in The Summit League Tournament. Earlier in the week, Alawadhi notched a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Northwest Missouri State at the No. 3 position and rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory against Saint Louis. He improved his season singles record to 8-2.
Also nominated: Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne; Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI.
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.
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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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