SDSU’s Florand, USD’s Hertting Earn Summit League Diver of the Week Awards

2/10/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State’s Connor Florand and South Dakota’s Greysen Hertting earn the year’s final weekly honors as they were named Summit League Men's and Women's Divers of the Week for their performances Feb. 2-8.

MEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Connor Florand, Sound Dakota State
Sr. // Forest Lake, Minn.
Connor Florand earns Summit League Diver of the Week honors for the second-consecutive week and the fifth time in his career after his performance at the Minnesota Challenge over the weekend. Florand smashed his personal-best mark in the one-meter dives with a score of 332.80. He also scored 304.45 in the three-meter dives. Both scores placed him fifth in the meet behind four University of Minnesota divers.

Also nominated: Dustin Gens, South Dakota.

Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct. 21 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Oct. 28 – Ross Edfort, Denver; Nov. 4 – Doug Ogilvie, Western Illinois; Nov. 11 – Connor Florand, South Dakota State; Nov. 18 – Dustin Gens, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Jan. 20 – Cody Watts, IUPUI; Jan. 27 – Ross Edfort, Denver; Feb. 3 – Connor Florand, South Dakota State.

WOMEN'S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Greysen Hertting, South Dakota
So. // Appleton, Wis.
Hertting is named Summit League Diver of the Week for the tenth time this season and the 20^th time of her career after her dives against Iowa, Northern Iowa and Western Illinois. Hertting posted the league’s highest marks in both the one-meter and three-meter dives. She posted 259.80 in the one-meter which earned her fourth place. The sophomore scored 282.80 in the three-meter height for a third-place finish.

Also nominated: Dustin Gens, South Dakota.

Previous honorees: Oct. 14 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 21 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Oct. 28 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota: Nov. 4 – Miranda Knipfer, Omaha; Nov. 11 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Nov. 18 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Nov. 25 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Dec. 9 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Jan. 13 – Larissa Grammer, Denver; Jan. 20 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Jan. 27 – Greysen Hertting, South Dakota; Feb. 3 – Olivia Olesiak, South Dakota State.

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 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 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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