Sports
Athlete of the Week: Petar Golijanin
The Merrimack College tennis star just won the Northeast-10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellent award.
Merrimack College’s student-athletes are well known for their academic prowess.
Petar Golijanin is no exception.
Golijanin, from Serbia, was honored with the Northeast-10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence award for the 2010-11 academic year.
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The award was first given out in 2009-10, and Golijanin became the third Merrimack student-athlete to win it.
The men’s tennis star helped lead Merrimack to a joint regular season title in the Northeast-10 Conference. Merrimack had a school-record 16 wins. Golijanin and the Warriors advanced to its fourth-straight and fourth-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
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Golijanin achieved a 3.79 GPA in biochemistry to go along with his incredible efforts on the tennis court. He went 17-3 in singles matches during the season. In Northeast-10 Conference matches, he went a perfect 10-0.
Golijanin is not new to being honored by the Northeast-10 Conference. Last year he was named to the Northeast-10 all-Rookie team. Last year he was also named Freshman of the Week twice.
The star sophomore will be back for his junior year starting in September when the Warriors’ 2011-12 season gets underway.
