DU's Mikalsen, USD's Lervick Named Golfers of the Week
DU's Mikalsen, USD's Lervick Named Golfers of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Petter Mikalsen and South Dakota's Brenna Lervick were named The Summit League's Male and Female Golfers of the Week for their performances Feb. 18-25.
MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Petter Mikalsen, Denver
So. // Stavenger, Norway
Mikalsen claims the Golfer of the Week award after leading No. 77 Denver to a third-place finish at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. The Pioneers finished two strokes behind champion No. 38 TCU and one stroke behind No. 16 Texas Tech. Mikalsen placed third out of 128 golfers with a 54-hole 211 (72-70-69) for a 70.3 stroke average. The sophomore leads the league with a 70.8 stroke average on the year.
Also nominated: Rylan Porter, IUPUI; Samuel Matthew, South Dakota.
Previous honorees: Oct. – Petter Mikalsen, DU; Nov. – Jose Pablo Segurola, IUPUI; Feb. 18 – Naqiuddin Fuad, SDSU.
FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Brenna Lervick, South Dakota
So. // Chanhassen, Minn.
Lervick collects her first career Golfer of the Week award after placing second out of 120 golfers at the Grand Canyon Spring Invite last week. The sophomore fired a three-round 218 (77-72-69) to earn runner-up honors. The second-place finish was a career-best in the spring season for Lervick as the Coyotes placed 16th.
Also nominated: Aneta Abrahamova, IUPUI; Natalie Roth, North Dakota State.
Previous honorees: Oct. – Isabel Southard, DU; Nov. – Kennedy Ishee, ORU.
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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