Gianluca Brunkow Award Player of the Week Week Of 2/12/2025 Sport Men's Tennis School UC Santa Barbara Year Senior Position Hometown Topanga, Calif. High School Laurel Springs HS UC Santa Barbara senior Gianluca Brunkow went undefeated in singles and 1-1 in doubles to earn The Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week. It is Brunkow's fourth career weekly honor, having won the award three times last season. On Saturday against Gonzaga, the 35th-ranked pair of Brunkow and Dominique Rolland defeated Giovanni Branchetti and Jay Fairclough in No. 1 doubles to help the Gauchos earn the doubles point. In No. 1 singles, Brunkow downed Branchetti 6-4 and 6-1. UCSB won the team match by a score of 6-1. On Sunday against Pacific, Brunkow earned a straight-set win over No. 99 Tiago Silva 6-1, 6-2 in No. 1 singles. The Gauchos won the team battle 4-1.