Wingate's Flavio Rathsam is this week's SAC Player of the Week
Friday, 02/19/2010
Rock Hill, S.C.----Wingate University sophomore Flavio Rathsam (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has been named the South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week ending February 16, 2010.
Rathsam is a perfect 2-0 in singles and doubles action during the Bulldogs’ spring season. Rathsam won his number five singles match against number 17 USC Aiken 6-4, 2-6 and 10-6 (super tie-breaker).
In the same match, he teamed with sophomore Bruno Pudence (Sao Paulo, Brazil) for an 8-6 win in number one doubles action. Rathsam notched a 6-2, 6-1 win in number five singles action against Johnson C. Smith. He added an 8-3 win in number one doubles with Pudence.
Rathsam holds a 16-1 record in his singles career at Wingate. The Bulldogs open South Atlantic Conference action today (Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010) against Lenoir-Rhyne University at the WU Tennis Complex.
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a private four-year co-educational institution of 2,159 students offering active learning opportunities through personalized instruction, world travel, career discovery and community service.
Wingate offers more than 40 undergraduate majors in arts and sciences, business, communication, education, fine arts, music and sport sciences. It also offers graduate degrees in business, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration. In addition, the school awards the doctor of pharmacy and the doctor of education degrees.
Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past three years.
Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 34 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 43 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.
