Denver’s Clinkenbeard Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Alex Clinkenbeard was named as The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance Feb. 18-24.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Alex Clinkenbeard, Denver
Sr. // Loveland, Colo.
Clinkenbeard received his first career league honor after singles and doubles victories at Marquette. Playing No. 4 singles, Clinkenbeard rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Cameron Tehrani. At No. 3 doubles, Clinkenbeard teamed with Eric Marbach for an 8-4 point-clinching win over the MU tandem of Dykema/Tehrani. Against No. 67 Wisconsin, Clinkenbeard's No. 4 singles match against Jakhongir Jalalov went unfinished (6-4, 3-5, unf.).
Also nominated: Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne; Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; Henrique Pereira, South Dakota State; Christoph Haertel, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 1/21 – Gary Notkin, South Dakota State; 1/28 – Henry Craig, Denver; 2/4 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/11 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/18 – Gerard Guell, Fort Wayne.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State 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 eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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