GREENWOOD, Ind. - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Ryan Shomo and Courtney Heydt of Cedarville University the Men's and Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week to open the 2015 spring portion of their schedules.
 
Women’s Tennis: Athlete of the Week
 
Courtney Heydt
Cedarville University - Senior
Mason, Ohio - Mason High School
 
Courtney Heydt has been named the Great Midwest Athletic Conferences Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week, opening the 2015 spring season, as she competed in Orlando, Florida over spring break with Lady Jackets.
 
Despite a tough week for Cedarville on the court, winning just one of four matches, Heydt went 3-1 at number two singles and 3-1 at number one doubles, partnered with Lily Schuler. The six total wins came in four matches. Her doubles win against Saginaw Valley State was the team’s only victory. In an 8-1 win over Judson, Heydt won both her singles and double match. Against Saint Benedict, her singles win was one of two wins for Cedarville, and then she closed out the week winning singles and doubles against Otterbein, giving CU both of its two wins.
 
Heydt went 4-3 in singles in the fall and improves to 7-4 overall on the season. In doubles, she was only 2-5 in the fall, but improved to 5-6 with a solid week.
 
View Courtney Heydt’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)
 
Men’s Tennis: Athlete of the Week
 
Ryan Shomo
Cedarville - Sophomore
Marshalltown, Iowa - Marshalltown High School
 
Ryan Shomo has been named the Great Midwest Athletic Conferences Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week, opening the 2015 spring season, as he helped guide his team to three impressive spring break wins last week.
 
Shomo went 4-1 at the number two singles position and matched that record at number two doubles as well. In five matches, he won at least one match in each contest. He swept singles and doubles against Montana State Billings, Judson (IL), and Saint John’s (MN), while winning singles against Augustana and then doubles against Post.
 
Overall, he improved to 6-2 in singles against this season, and to 7-2 in doubles action with Joel Clark as his doubles partner.    
 
View Ryan Shomo’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)