DU’s Mikalsen and Carty Sweep Golfer of the Week Honors
DU’s Mikalsen and Carty Sweep Golfer of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Petter Mikalsen and Jessica Carty were named The Summit League's Male and Female Golfers of the Week for their performances March 25-31.
MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Petter Mikalsen, Denver
So. // Stavanger, Norway
Mikalsen earns his fourth honor this season after placing 25th out of 132 golfers at The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford. The sophomore carded a 54-hole score of 210 (70-71-69) for an even 70 stroke average. Denver finished in a tie for 19th place at the tournament, behind seven teams ranked in the Top-40 nationally.
Also nominated: Bryce Very, IUPUI.
Previous honorees: Oct. – Petter Mikalsen, DU; Nov. – Jose Pablo Segurola, IUPUI; Feb. 18 – Naqiuddin Fuad, SDSU; Feb. 26 – Petter Mikalsen, DU; March 4 – Petter Mikalsen, DU; March 12 – Samuel Matthew, USD; March 18 – Grant Smith, SDSU; March 25 – Chris Korte, DU.
FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Jessica Carty, Denver
So. // Holywood, Northern Ireland
Carty captures her first career Golfer of the Week award after leading No. 55 Denver at the LSU Tiger Classic. The sophomore finished in a tie for 19th place out of 89 golfers with a 54-hole 226 (76-77-73) for a 75.3 stroke average. Carty finished behind 10 golfers ranked in the Top-100 according to the latest Golfweek rankings. As a team, the Pioneers finished in a tie for ninth place with No. 28 UCF. Six of the eight teams that finished ahead of DU were ranked in the Top-50 nationally.
Also nominated: Kennedy Ishee, Oral Roberts.
Previous honorees: Oct. – Isabel Southard, DU; Nov. – Kennedy Ishee, ORU; Feb. 26 – Brenna Lervick, USD; March 4 – Sophie Peters, UNO; March 12 – Isabel Southard, DU; March 18 – Brenna Lervick, USD; March 25 – Sydney MacDonald, SDSU.
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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