IUPUI’s Verma Nets #SummitMTN Weekly Honor
IUPUI’s Verma Nets #SummitMTN Weekly Honor
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Akshay Verma was named Summit League Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance March 29-April 4.
AKSHAY VERMA, IUPUI
Jr. // Alpharetta, Ga.
- Garnered his second career Player of the Week award and first of the season
- Rallied to notch the clinching win (6-7, 6-4, 6-4) over Kenneth Boykin at No. 6 singles to lead IUPUI to a 4-3 Summit League victory over Oral Roberts
- Teamed with David Beasley for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles over the Golden Eagle tandem of Saletovic/Koncz
- Win over ORU was the Jaguars first since 2012
Also nominated: Wyatt Lovera, Denver; Marco Paulo Castro, 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; 3/8 – Yannik James, Denver; 3/15 – Amar Saletovic, Oral Roberts; 3/22 – Yannik James, Denver; 3/29 – Diogo Rocha, Denver
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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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