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Mustang Teams Receive Academic Distinction
Four Mustangs Named Daktronics-NAIA Schiolar-Athletes
Ford And Rosen Named To All-GPAC Team
South Dakota Doubles State Champion To Join Mustangs
Mustang Women Edge Northwestern 5-4
Sioux City North Prep Standout To Join Mustangs
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Morningside’s men’s and women’s tennis teams were both named NAIA Scholar Teams for their academic performance during the 2009-10 academic year.
NAIA Scholar Teams must have a minimum 3.0 team grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). The team grade point average must include all varsity student-athletes certified as eligible.
The Mustangs’ men’s tennis team had a 3.48 grade point average and the Mustang women had a 3.57 grade point average in 2009-10.
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Matt Ford |
Marisa Graham |
Four Morningside College athletes have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete in the sport of tennis.
The Mustangs’ tennis scholar-athletes are:
Matt Ford, a senior from Rice, Minn., who has a 3.67 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in business administration. Ford was also named a men’s golf Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete earlier this week.
Marisa Graham, a junior from Sioux City, who has a 3.65 cumulative GPA with majors in biology and business administration.
Kate Nelson, a junior from Schleswig, Iowa, who has a 3.69 cumulative GPA with a major in mass communication.
Michelle Rubenking, a junior from Corning, Iowa, who has a 3.55 cumulative GPA with majors in advertising
and graphic design.
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Kate Nelson |
Michelle Rubenking |
All four players also received Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors last season.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Click here for the complete list of Daktronics-NAIA Men's Tennis Scholar-Athletes.
Click here for the complete list of Daktronics-NAIA Women's Tennis Scholar-Athletes.
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Matt Ford |
Reid Rosen |
Matt Ford and Reid Rosen have been selected to the 2010 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
Ford, a senior from Rice, Minn., made the All-GPAC team at No. 1 singles, while Rosen, a freshman from Fairmont, Minn., was a No. 2 singles All-GPAC selection. The two players also made the All-GPAC team together at No. 1 doubles.
Ford had a 7-8 record at No. 1 singles and Rosen posted a 6-9 mark at No. 2 singles. They combined for a 9-6 record at No. 1 doubles.
Morningside’s Dane Larson and Gustav Hollnagel were each named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list in singles. Larson, a sophomore from Sioux City, had a 7-8 record as the Mustangs’ No. 3 player, while Hollnagel, a freshman from Dresden, Germany, had a 7-8 record at No. 5 singles.
Click here for the complete All-GPAC Men's Tennis Team
Click here for the complete All-GPAC Women's Tennis Team
Amanda Przymus of Rapid City, S.D., will enroll at Morningside College this fall and compete for the women’s tennis team announced Mustangs’ head coach Larry Mason.
Przymus is a senior at Rapid City Stevens High School, where she was a key doubles player for a Stevens team that had a 27-2 record and was the team runner-up at this year’s state tournament.
Przymus had a 16-3 doubles record and teamed with Taylor Messinger to win the third flight at the state tournament during her senior campaign. She had a 4-0 record in singles competition.
She had a 3-0 record in singles and a 1-0 record in doubles as a junior for a Rapid City Stevens team that had a 26-2 record.
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Kate Nelson |
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Morningside’s women’s tennis team snapped a three-match losing streak with a 5-4 victory against GPAC rival Northwestern College on Tuesday in Orange City, Iowa.
The Mustangs showed resiliency in the singles competition, where Kate Nelson and Lynn Leonard each bounced back after losing their first sets to win their matches. The Mustangs’ other singles triumph came from Marsia Graham in the second flight.
Nelson was involved in two of the Mustang’s triumphs as she teamed up with Britt de Visser for a victory in the No. 1 doubles flight.
Morningside will wrap up the regular season with a dual against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Two-time Class 2A district singles champion and state tournament qualifier Austin Grundy will join the Morningside College men’s tennis team for the 2011 season announced Mustangs’ head coach Larry Mason.
Grundy is a senior at Sioux City North High School, where he has posted a 64-6 singles record for a .914 winning percentage during his prep career. Grundy, who has a 4-0 record so far this season, was the 2008 and 2009 Missouri River Activities Conference (MRAC) No. 1 singles champion to lead the Stars to conference title both years. He has advanced to the Class 2A state tournament each of the past two seasons, where he lost in the quarterfinals both times against eventual state champion Charlie Caris of Des Moines Roosevelt.
Grundy defeated Andrew Roos of Dubuque Hempstead 6-4, 6-0 in the opening round of last year’s state tournament. He added a 6-3, 7-6 triumph against Miles Greenwald of Ames in the consolation bracket en route to an eighth place finish.
He opened the state tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph against Cliff Chang of Ames during his sophomore campaign.
Grundy had an undefeated 18-0 record at No. 2 singles as a freshman.
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