Anna Wanek Award Female Athlete of the Week Week Of 10/19/2020 Sport American Rivers Conference School Simpson College Year Junior Position Hometown Urbandale, Iowa High School Dowling Catholic Female Athlete of the Week – Women’s Tennis– Player of the Week Anna Wanek, Simpson College Jr., Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic Wanek takes home Female Athlete of the Week honors after winning the 2020 American Rivers Conference Women’s Tennis Individual A-Singles flight. The A-Singles final featured top-seeded Wanek of Simpson, and second-seeded Devon Bourget of Luther. Wanek earned the top seed after a thrilling win over Bourget in the regular season dual (2-6,6-4,17-15). The duo put on a show once again in the championship match, with Bourget winning the first set 6-2, but Wanek flipping the script in set two, winning 6-2. The super breaker saw Wanek earn the gold medal by a score of 10-3. Wanek advanced to the finals after defeating Kylie Dunning of Luther in the quarterfinals (6-0, 6-0) and upending Luther’s third-seeded Shelby Cook (7-5, 6-3) in the semifinals. Wanek is collecting her third Athlete of the Week / Player of the Week accolade for the Storm (10/19/20, 10/5/20, 9/28/20).
