Denver’s Mikalsen Named Male Golfer of the Week
Denver’s Mikalsen Named Male Golfer of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Petter Mikalsen was named The Summit League's Male Golfer of the Week for his performance April 15-21. The award marks the final weekly honor of the season.
MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Petter Mikalsen, Denver
So. // Stavanger, Norway
Mikalsen collected his fifth award after carding a 211 for seventh-place at the Hawkeye Invitational. He shot par or better in all three rounds of the event, including an opening round 69 that tied him for third after day one. Ranked No. 57 by Golf Stat, Mikalsen finished the tournament behind a pair of ranked players from a field that included three Big Ten and three Big 12 teams. With five weekly awards in 2014-15, Mikalsen tied current PGA Tour golfer Brian Stuard (2005) for the highest single season total.
Also nominated: Rylan Porter, IUPUI; Nate Davis, Western Illinois
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; April 1 – Petter Mikalsen, DU; April 8 – Samuel Matthew, USD; April 15 – Jose Pablo Segurola, IUPUI
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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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