TOLEDO, Ohio - Sophomore Jamie Tofte Nielsen received Mid-American Conference Men's Golfer of the Week honors for the first time after carding the best two rounds of his Rocket career en route to tying for 21st place with a two-under par 214 at Washington's Husky Invitational. The tournament field included 10 schools that were ranked in the Top 100 of Golfstat's final rankings.

A Wittbek, Denmark native, Nielsen opened the tourney with a career-best even-par 72 before firing a three-under par 69 in his final round. He was at five-under par through 13 holes in his final round before registering a double-bogey and bogey. Nielsen finished the tournament with 13 birdies.

Nielsen and the Rockets are back in action this weekend with a trip to Madison, Wis. for Badger Invitational on Sunday-Tuesday, Sept. 26-28.