IUPUI’s Johnson, USD’s Lervick Claim Golfer of the Week Awards

3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Michael Johnson was named Summit League Men's Golfer of the Week, while South Dakota Brenna Lervick collected the women's award for their performances March 23-29.

MICHAEL JOHNSON, IUPUI
So. // Maryville, Ill.

Recorded his first career Golfer of the Week award
Fired a 71 in his lone round at the Battle on I-74 Challenge to earn co-medalist honors for his first career win
His 71 was the low round of his career

Also nominated: Alex Lobeck, North Dakota State; Will Starkey, Oral Roberts

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; March 16 – Jackson Wetherbee, WIU; March 23 – Cody Burrows, ORU/Ben Maskus, UNO

BRENNA LERVICK, SOUTH DAKOTA
Jr. // Chanhassen, Minn.

Collected her third Golfer of the Week award in her career, along with being named the September Golfer of the Month
Earned her second consecutive runner-up finish at the Saluki Invitational with a 36-hole score of 146 (71-75) for an individual stroke average of 73
Totaled eight birdies in the event, four in each round, and had a tournament-low score of 2-under par on par 5 holes

Also nominated: Madison Chesnutt, Fort Wayne; MeKenzie Hilsmeyer, IUPUI; Alejandra Acosta, Oral Roberts; Katie Kesti, Omaha

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; March 16 – Hallie Getz, SDSU; March 23 – Aneta Abrahamova, 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 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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