Denver’s Craig Nets #SummitMTN Player of the Week Honor
Denver’s Craig Nets #SummitMTN Player of the Week Honor
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Henry Craig was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance April 7-13.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Henry Craig
Jr. // Murrieta, Calif.
Craig his second Player of the Week award of the season fifth of his career after posting a 3-0 singles record, including a pair of Summit League victories. Against Fort Wayne, Craig rallied to defeat Gerard Guell, 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6), at No. 1 singles and teamed with Alex Gasson for an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles over Guell/Muadi. Facing IUPUI, Craig picked up another set of victories, including a straight-set triumph (4 and 2) over Jac Newis at No. 1 singles and combined with Gasson for an 8-7 (7-5) win over O'Neill/Reinhart. In non-league action, Craig won 7-5, 7-6 over DePaul's David Vieyra. Craig is No. 107 in the latest ITA men's singles rankings while he and his doubles partner Gasson are No. 30 in the doubles rankings.
Also nominated: Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Alex Tolliver, IUPUI; Parker Lawley, South Dakota State
Previous recipients: Jan. 20 – Adam Reinhart, IUPUI; Jan. 27 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 3 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; Feb. 10 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 17 – Henry Craig, Denver; Feb. 24 – Alex Gasson, Denver; March 3 – Ciaran Lavers, Oral Roberts; March 10 – Daniel Cardenas, Fort Wayne; March 17 – Akshay Verma, IUPUI; March 24 – Karl Wangensten-Oye, Fort Wayne; March 31 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; April 7 – Alex Gasson, Denver
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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