Denver’s James Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
Denver’s James Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Yannik James was named Summit League Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance March 2-7.
YANNIK JAMES, DENVER
Jr. // St. Georges, Grenada
- Garnered first career Player of the Week honor
- Helped lead team to wins over No. 59 Pennsylvania and No. 68 Utah
- Won in straight sets (4 and 3) over Utah's Egbert Weverink at No. 4 singles
- Posted three-set win over Penn's Matt Nardella (6-1, 4-6, 6-3)
- Teamed with Jesse Ruder-Hook for a pair of doubles wins against Penn and Utah tandems
Also nominated: David Beasley, IUPUI; Marcus Moreira, South Dakota State
Previous recipients: 1/19 - Lovro Curcija, South Dakota State; 1/26 – Jan Pehnec, Oral Roberts; 2/2 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/9 – Zach Fryer, Denver; 2/16 – David Beasley, IUPUI; 2/23 – Henry Craig, Denver; 3/1 – Patrick McAuley, 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 www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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