Purdue, UCLA Gather Men’s Tennis Weekly Awards

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its men’s tennis weekly awards for matches played Feb. 19-23.

Player of the Week
Henrik Villanger, Purdue
So. – Oslo, Norway — WANG Toppidrett Oslo

• Compiled a 4-0 overall record (2-0 singles, 2-0 doubles) to lift No. 66 Purdue to a pair of wins in West Lafayette as the Boilermakers remained perfect at home (7-0)
• Teamed with Maj Premzl to earn a 6-3 win on court three to clinch the doubles point in Purdue’s 4-1 win over No. 31 Boise State on Feb. 21
• It marked the Boilermakers’ first win over a ranked opponent since 2017 and was the program’s most dominant win over a top-32 team in ll years
• Recorded identical 6-4, 6-1 victories at No. 3 singles against Boise State and Illinois State; earned 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles against the Redbirds in Purdue’s 7-0 triumph on Feb. 23
• Last Purdue Player of the Week recipient: Soham Purohit on March 6, 2024

Freshman of the Week
Rudy Quan, UCLA
Fr. – Thousand Oaks, Calif. — Century Academy

• Defeated No. 34 Peter Makk of USC at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-3, in the Bruins’ 4-3 home loss to the 25th-ranked Trojans
• Joined forces with fellow freshman Kaylan Bigun to clinch the doubles point on court three with a 6-3 win over Matteo Morazzi and Nathan Trouvé
• Five of his seven singles wins this season have occurred against ranked opponents
• Rated 49th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings
• Earns his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week Award, having previously been honored on Jan. 22, 2025

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Weekly Awards
Sept. 18       
P: Kenta Miyoshi, Jr., ILL
Sept. 25       
P: Max Sheldon, Sr., MSU
Oct. 2          
P: Aidan Kim, So., OSU
Oct. 9          
P: Paris Pouatcha, Fr., ORE
Oct. 16        
P: Gavin Young, Sr., MICH | Ozan Baris, Jr., MSU
Oct. 23        
P: Spencer Johnson, So., UCLA
Oct. 30        
P: Danial Rakhmatullayev, Fr., MSU
Nov. 6         
P: Preston Stearns, So., OSU
Nov. 13       
P: Gavin Young, Sr., MICH
Jan. 15         
P: Patorn Hanchaikul, Sr., MICH
F: Edouard Aubert, Fr., WIS
Jan. 22         
P: Aristotelis Thanos, So., MSU
F: Rudy Quan, Fr., UCLA
Jan. 29         
P: Benjamin Kittay, Jr., MICH
F: Reiya Hattori, Fr., PSU
Feb. 5          
P: Peter Makk, Sr., USC
F: Matthew Forbes, Fr., MSU
Feb. 12        
P: Aidan Kim, So., OSU
F: Clement Lemire, Fr., ORE
Feb. 19        
P: Kenta Miyoshi, Jr., ILL
F: Nathan Trouvé, Fr., USC
Feb. 26        
P: Henrik Villanger, So., PUR
F: Rudy Quan, Fr., UCLA