WIU’s Wetherbee, SDSU’s Getz Earn Golfer of the Week Honors

3/16/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Jackson Wetherbee was named Summit League Men's Golfer of the Week, while South Dakota State's Hallie Getz collected the women's award for their performances March 9-15.

JACKSON WETHERBEE, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Fr. // Galesburg, Ill.

Collected his first career Golfer of the Week award
Led Western Illinois at the Cape Fear National Intercollegiate with a 54-hole score of 218 (74-72-72) to finish in a tie for ninth place
The Leathernecks finished in a tie for sixth place out of 13 teams at the event
Recorded an individual stroke average of 72.7 on the week

Also nominated: Rylan Porter, IUPUI; Matt Swanson, South Dakota

Previous honorees: Sept. – Grant Smith, SDSU; Oct. – Andrew Blackburn, WIU; Feb. 17 – Grant Smith, SDSU; Feb. 25 – Cody Burrows, ORU; March 2 – Blake Brorman, ORU; March 9 – Felipe Strobach, SDSU

HALLIE GETZ, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // Pierre, S.D.

Earned her first career Golfer of the Week honor
Won her first individual tournament title with a 36-hole three-under par 141 (68-73) at the Lady Thunderbird Golf Invitational for a 70.5 weekly stroke average
Her first round score of 68 was a career low, which also tied the school record for 18 holes
Helped South Dakota State win its third consecutive tournament in a span of seven days

Also nominated: Erin Ingram, IUPUI; Mariah Peters, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Sept. – Katharina Baratta, DU/Brenna Lervick, USD; Oct. – Megan Mingo, SDSU; Feb. 17 – Katharina Baratta, DU; Feb. 25 – Katharina Baratta, DU; March 2 – Jessica Dreesbeimdieke, DU; March 9 – Megan Mingo, SDSU

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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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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