Fort Wayne's Kang Earns Second Straight Player of the Week Award
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Daniel Kang was named as The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance March 25-31.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne
Sr. // Brampton, Ontario
Kang collected his second consecutive weekly honor and fourth of his career after a straight-set victory over The Summit League's defending Player of the Year. Facing IUPUI, Kang defeated Jason Jaruvang, 4 and 3, at No. 1 singles in a 6-1 Mastodon victory. In doubles play, Kang paired with Andres Cobos for an 8-1 triumph over the IUPUI tandem of O'Neill and Toliver. Fort Wayne's 12th team victory tied the single-season program record and gave the Mastodons a 3-0 league mark.
Also nominated: Alex Clinkenbeard, Denver; Thomas Gans, IUPUI; Eric McKnight, Omaha.
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; 2/25 – Alex Clinkenbeard, Denver; 3/4 – Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; 3/11 – Henry Craig, Denver; 3/18 – Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; 3/25 – Daniel Kang, 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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