ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake University's Vinny Gillespie was named Missouri Valley Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
 
Gillespie went a combined 4-0 to lead the Bulldogs past George Washington and Northern Illinois on Jan. 21. In doubles, Gillespie and Calum MacGeoch put together two dominant performances at No. 1, beating GW's Julius Tverijonas and Chris Reynolds 6-2 and NIU's Eric Marbach and Georg Lundkvist 6-1. Gillespie secured the match clinching point against GW with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Tverijonas. He capped off his day by defeating NIU's Lundvist 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1.
 
Gillespie and the rest of the Bulldogs will take on No. 4 Texas in the first match at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event on Saturday at 1 p.m.