DENVER Boise States Luke Shields has been named the Western Athletic Conference Mens Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 18. This is the final Player of the Week of the spring season.
Shields, a freshman from Grand Junction, Colo., defeated BYU's Nima Roshan 7-6, 6-4, and Fresno States Jakob Cech 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, both at number one singles. Shields has a national ranking of No. 70 in singles. Shields is ranked 10th in doubles with Thomas Schoeck. Last week, the duo also won doubles matches at number one versus BYU and Fresno State. The Broncos defeated BYU, 4-3, and WAC-foe Fresno State, 5-2. Boise State closes out the regular season on April 20 at Hawaii. The Broncos remains in Honolulu for the WAC Championship, April 22-24.
OTHERS NOMINATED Frenso States Andy Sinn posted wins in both singles and doubles in the Bulldogs 5-2 loss to Boise State last week ... Nevada's Adam Jooste swept singles competition going 2-0 at the No. 1 spot Rices Robert Searle posted two wins over the weekend to reach the 20-win mark on the season SMUs Federico Murgier won both his matches at No. 3 singles last week as SMU split matches against TCU and Rice ... Tulsas Diego Camacho won both singles and doubles matches against No. 14-ranked Oklahoma State.