Denver’s Rocha Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
Denver’s Rocha Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Diogo Rocha was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance Jan. 27-Feb. 2.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Diogo Rocha, Denver
So. // Lisbon, Portugal
Rocha collected his fourth career Player of the Week award after factoring into both his team's points against the ITA's No. 61 ranked team. Facing Princeton, Rocha scored a straight-set (4 and 4) victory at No 3 singles over Joshua Yablon, marking Denver's lone singles win in the match. In doubles, Rocha teamed with Yannik James for a 6-3 victory over the Princeton duo of McCourt/Day.
Also nominated: Karl Wangensten-Oye, Fort Wayne; Adam Reinhart, IUPUI
Previous recipients: Jan. 20 – Adam Reinhart, IUPUI; Jan. 27 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne.
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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 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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