DENVER Rices Richard Barker has been named the Western Athletic Conference mens tennis Player of the Week.
Barker, a senior from Solihul, England, swept both of his singles matches and dominated his doubles opponents to help Rice to upset victories at No. 3 Stanford and No. 11 California. He scored a 6-2, 6-3, victory against the Bears' Daniel Sebescen in Rice's 4-2 win late Feb. 13. Saturday, he teamed with brother William Barker to blast Stanford's No. 10 tandem of KC Corkery and James Pade 8-1 to help secure the doubles point. Barker then beat Phil Sheng 6-1, 6-3, to put the Owls up 3-1 against the Cardinal. The team went on to win 4-3.
OTHERS NOMINATED Thomas Schoeck, Boise State and Alex Skrypko, SMU.