Rocky Mountain tennis' Emma Praver is Blue FCU's Girls Athlete of Week
Rocky Mountain tennis standout Emma Praver was named Blue FCU's Girls Athlete of the Week after leading the Lobos to a home regional title.
This week's Blue Federal Credit Union Girls Athlete of the Week award is acing the tennis tests this spring. Rocky Mountain's Emma Praver took top honors in the Fort Collins area for the week of April 27 to May 2 after rolling to a regional title. Praver played some dominant tennis en route to the Class 5A Region 4 No.
1 singles title, winning a 6-0 set in both the semifinal and the finals. The Lobos junior beat Chatfield's Emma Rosca 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinal match to earn a spot in the championship. Praver then blanked Arapahoe's Alene Dewitt 6-0 again in the first set.
However, Dewitt bounced back to win the second set before Praver fought back with a 6-3 win in the deciding set. Her performance helped Rocky Mountain send all seven lines to state for the third straight year while also winning the Lobos' home regional at the CSU tennis courts. Rocky Mountain's top singles player's regional performance qualified her for the Colorado Class 5A tennis tournament for the third straight season.
Praver is the fourth tennis player to earn Blue FCU Athlete of the Week honors this school year, joining Fossil Ridge's Irene Cobos, Fort Collins' Scarlett Marske and Poudre's Owen Addington. Praver got 40. 6% of the vote in a close two-person race to finish ahead of these four other worthy girls Athlete of the Week nominees : Miriam Huffsmith, Liberty Common soccer (runner-up with 38.