Jan. 17, 2012
Co-Athlete of the Week
Denis Bogatov, Michigan State
Jr. – Gurnee, Ill. – Warren Township
- Notched a 2-0 singles and a 2-0 doubles record over the weekend against Bradley, Morehead State and Wright State
- Defeated Martin Arguello of Wright State (6-1, 6-1) and Roger White of Morehead State (6-1, 6-1) in singles action
- Teamed with Doug Zade to defeat Arguello and Ricardo Pineda of Wright State (8-5), before partnering with Harry Jadun to topple Ashton Kalhorn and Ahmed Albitar of Bradley (8-2)
- Earns his first career weekly award
- Last Michigan State Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week: Aaron Pfister (Nov. 2, 2011)
Josh Graves, Northwestern
Sr. – Milwaukee, Wis. – Nicolet
- Registered a 2-0 singles and 2-0 doubles record over the weekend against Ball State and Illinois-Chicago
- Knocked off Alex Raa of Illinois-Chicago (6-1, 6-1) and Zane Smith of Ball State (6-2, 6-0) in singles play
- Teamed with Spencer Wolf to defeat Dalton Albertin and Ray Leonard of Ball State (8-6) and Raa and Maurizio Feoli of Illinois-Chicago (8-0) in doubles action
- Earns his first weekly award of the season and the second of his career
- Last Northwestern Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week: Josh Graves (Jan. 26, 2010)
2011-12 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
Fall
Sept. 21:
Dennis Nevolo, Sr., ILL
Sept. 28:
Evan King, Jr., MICH
Oct. 6:
Roy Kalmanovich, Sr., ILL
Marc Bruche, Sr., IOWA
Oct. 12:
Chase Buchanan, Sr., OSU
Blaz Rola, So., OSU
Oct. 19:
Blaz Rola, So., OSU
Oct. 26:Josh MacTaggart, Jr., IND
Nov. 2:
Aaron Pfister, So., MSU
Nov. 9:
Chase Buchanan, Sr., OSU
Blaz Rola, So., OSU
Nov. 16:
Julian Dehn, Sr., MINN
Spring
Jan. 10:
Isade Juneau, Jr., IND
Jan. 17:
Denis Bogatov, Jr., MSU
Josh Graves, Sr., NU
