Denver’s Radosevic Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Sonja Radosevic was named as The Summit League's Women's Tennis Player of the Week following her performance April 15-21. The honor marks the final weekly award of the season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sonja Radosevic, Denver
Fr. // Miami, Fla.
Radosevic collected her league-high third award this season after posting a 3-0 records in both singles and doubles play at the final Summit League cluster. Playing the No. 2 singles position, Radosevic notched straight-set victories over Fort Wayne's Ella Norgren (3 and 1) and Western Illinois' Nicole Jones (0 and 1) and a three-set win over Omaha's Hylan Miller (6-0, 1-6, 6-1). She teamed with Kathryn Hughes at No.1 doubles for victories over Fort Wayne (8-4), Western Illinois (8-2) and Omaha (8-5). Radosevic improved to a league-best 6-0 in league play and helped Denver claim its first Summit League regular season title.
Also nominated: Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; Rachel Swartwood, IUPUI; Yuliya Sidenko, South Dakota; Tacy Haws-Lay, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: 1/28 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/4 – Kathryn Hughes, Denver; 2/11 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 2/18 – Evy Van Genechten, Denver; 2/25 – Sonja Radosevic, Denver; 3/4 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 3/11 – Sonja Radosevic, Denver; 3/18 – Yuliya Sidenko, South Dakota; 3/25 – Caroline Schnell, Denver; 4/1 – Iasmin Rosa, South Dakota State; 4/8 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 4/15 – Hylan Miller, Omaha.
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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