Men's Tennis | 5/18/2012 12:18:00 PM

Mobile, Ala. – The NAIA has announced that 86 men's tennis and 121 women’s tennis student-athletes have been named 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.  McPherson College’s Vyacheslav Bukatin (Moscow, Russia), Katie Doffing (Conway Springs, Kan.) and Wrylie Finkle (Wichita, Kan.) were three of the recipients.

In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.

Bukatin finished the year 11-7 overall in singles, 14-5 in doubles.  He was named to the All-KCAC First Team in 2012 and was also named the KCAC’s “Scholar-Athlete of the Year.”  MC’s men’s tennis team finished the year second in the KCAC tournament and regular season.

Doffing ended the year 5-8 in singles and 2-8 in doubles.  Finkle, playing the entire year in McPherson’s number one slot, had a record of 7-10 playing singles and 6-12 against doubles opponents.