Weinreich Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week

Nebraska junior Janine Weinreich claimed Big Ten Women's Tennis Athlete-of-the-Week honors, when the conference announced its first weekly award winner on Wednesday.

It is Weinreich's first career weekly Big Ten honor and the first by any Husker tennis player in history. It also marks only the fifth individual Big Ten Conference honor awarded to a Nebraska athlete since the Huskers joined the conference in July.

Weinreich, a native of Tespe, Germany, won the Flight A singles title at the Drake Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend. She turned in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Northern Iowa's Jessica Kunzelmann in the semifinals, before defeating Husker teammate Mary Weatherholt, 6-4, 6-2 in the final round.

In addition to singles, Weinreich also appeared in Flight A doubles alongside teammate Maike Zeppernick. The duo reached the semifinal round of the tournament before losing. The tandem finished with a 1-1 record.