SAC Men’s Tennis All-Conference Team Announced
Catawba?s Jose Velazquez named Player of the Year
ROCK HILL, SC - Catawba College senior Jose Velazquez, who went 18-4 at No. 1 singles during the regular season, was named the 2007 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year.
Velazquez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic /Arroyo Hondo) was 5-1 in conference play.
Presbyterian College's Matthew Martin, who helped the Blue Hose win the regular season championship by going 15-3 overall and 14-3 at No. 2 singles, was named the Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year.
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Jose Velazquez |
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Matthew Martin |
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David Staniford |
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Preston Sneed |
Newberry College head coach David Staniford, who led the Indians to a third-place SAC finish, the highest in school history, was named Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.
Carson-Newman College junior Preston Sneed, who has a 3.842 GPA as a Spanish and financial economics major, was named the Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete.
Presbyterian, the regular-season champion, led the way with five All-Conference selections, with Aaron Chapman joining Martin on the first team.
Carson-Newman had three All-Conference picks, with Mike Swanson named to the first team.
Tusculum, Mars Hill and Newberry each had a pair of All-Conference performers.
Jon Allen and Francisco Contreras from Mars Hill were both named to the first team. Maxim Sukharev from Newberry and Sergio Espinosa from Tusculum round out the first team.
Wingate had one All-Conference pick.
The South Atlantic Conference All-Conference Team is selected by the head coaches in the league.
Sneed, a junior from Kingsport, Tenn. (Dobyns-Bennett) is a two-time All-Conference selection and was named Carson-Newman's most valuable player in 2006. He is a member of Alpha Chi national honor society and has studied in Mexico and Spain. He is president of Sigma Delta Pi, the national Spanish honor society and is a worship leader for a Carson-Newman based ministry. He served as an intern in Washington, DC, for the Tennessee U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander.
2007 SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS AWARD WINNERS
FIRST TEAM
Mike Swanson, Carson-Newman
Jose Velazquez, Catawba
Jon Allen, Mars Hill
Francisco Contreras, Mars Hill
Maxim Sukharev, Newberry
Matthew Martin, Presbyterian
Aaron Chapman, Presbyterian
Sergio Espinosa, Tusculum
SECOND TEAM
Preston Sneed, Carson-Newman
Matt Stanley, Carson-Newman
Daryl Van Vuuren, Newberry
Andrew Lee, Presbyterian
Michael Nicol, Presbyterian
Pat Fediuk, Presbyterian
Carlos Garcia, Tusculum
Hendrik Ternieden, Wingate
COACH OF THE YEAR - David Staniford, Newberry
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Matthew Martin, Presbyterian
PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Jose Velazquez, Catawba
SAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE - Preston Sneed, Carson-Newman
SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE SENIOR AWARDS
Carson-Newman
Michael Swanson
Catawba
Drew Ramsey
Jose Velazquez
Mars Hill
Bobby Roddy
Oscar Gomez
Newberry
Scott Gates
Tusculum
Julien Jacob
Wingate University
Brandon Thornton
Kyle Harding
