South Dakota’s Testa, Hertting Take Home Divers of the Week
South Dakota’s Testa, Hertting Take Home Divers of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Chase Testa was named Summit League Men's Diver of the Week while teammate Greysen Hertting earned Women's Diver of the Week for their performance during the week of Nov. 2-8.
CHASE TESTA, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sr. // Montevideo, Minn.
- Collected his second Summit League Diver of the Week award of the year and second in his career
- Recorded two top-three finishes in triangular meet with Iowa State and TCU
- Tallied the second-highest score in The Summit League this season with his score of 276.20 in the three-meter
- Finished second at the meet in the one-meter dive with a mark of 228.50
Previous honorees: Oct. 13 – Chase Testa, South Dakota; Oct. 20 – Krisztian Somhegyi, IUPUI; Nov. 3 – Krisztian Somhegyi, IUPUI.
Also nominated: Viktor Rusenas, Western Illinois.
GREYSEN HERTTING, SOUTH DAKOTA
Jr. // Appleton, Wis.
- Named Summit League Diver of the Week for the second time this season
- Extends her record career total of weekly honors to 22
- Posted two second-place finishes at triangular meet with Iowa State and TCU
- Increased her league-best mark in the one-meter dive to 292.80
Also nominated: Melanie Pearson, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: Oct. 13 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 20 – Larissa Grammer, Denver; Oct. 27 – Olivia Olesiak, South Dakota State; Nov. 3 – Miranda Knipfer, Omaha.
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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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts University, 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 along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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