IUPUI’s Porter, DU’s Carty Named Golfers of the Week

4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Rylan Porter was named Summit League Men's Golfer of the Week, while Denver's Jessica Carty collected the women's award for their performances April 6-12.

RYLAN PORTER, IUPUI
Sr. // Mooresville, Ind.

Earned his second career Golfer of the Week honor
Finished in a tie for seventh place at the Hoosier Collegiate last week with a two-round score of 144 (70-74)
Registered his team-leading sixth top-10 finish of the year and it was his fourth time this year finishing a tournament at or below par
Lowered his scoring average to 73.23 on the year

Also nominated: Trevor Torgerson, Oral Roberts; Miles Death, South Dakota; Sean Miller, Western Illinois

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; March 30 – Michael Johnson, IUPUI; April 6 – Jordan Rykal, USD/Alex Templin, WIU

JESSICA CARTY, DENVER
Jr. // Holywood, Northern Ireland

Collected her second career Golfer of the Week award
Fired a 54-hole 225 (76-73-76) at the PING/ASU Invitational last week to finish in a tie for 38^th place among 78 golfers
Denver finished in 13^th place at the event in a field that consisted of the top team in the nation (UCLA), along with four teams in the top 10 and nine in the top 30

Also nominated: Madison Chesnutt, Fort Wayne; Nicole Toledano, IUPUI; Brenna Lervick, South Dakota; Alex Krehbiel, 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; March 16 – Hallie Getz, SDSU; March 23 – Aneta Abrahamova, IUPUI; March 30 – Brenna Lervick, USD; April 6 – 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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