Tusculum’s Winkelmann Leads SAC Men’s Tennis Award Winners

ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the second year in a row, Tusculum's Lukas Winkelmann has been voted as the SAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year, headlining Tuesday's announcement of the conference's award winners.

Winkelmann is the first SAC men's tennis student-athlete to earn Player of the Year honors in consecutive seasons since Elon's Danny Colangelo in 1995 and 1996. Winkelmann – who is 21-0 overall this season in singles matches and went 11-0 in league play – was also named the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2012.

Joining Winkelmann on the All-SAC Singles First Team are Coker's Andre Staab, Newberry's Vinicius Botelho, Tusculum's Nicolas Planchard, Coker's Tom Sizeland and Anderson's Juan Carracedo.

Staab finished the regular season 13-3 overall and 10-1 in conference play, Botelho is 16-4 overall and 8-3 in the league, Planchard is 20-1 overall and went 10-1 in the conference, and Sizeland is 14-2 overall and 10-1 against league opponents.

Carracedo, meanwhile, was also selected as the SAC Freshman of the Year after going 7-4 in conference singles matches and 8-9 overall.

Winkelmann is also a member of the All-SAC Doubles First Team, earning the accolade alongside his brother, Jonas. The duo went 18-1 overall in the regular season and 10-1 in the league.

Also receiving selections to the doubles First Team are Coker's duo of Staab and James Corfield, and Wingate's tandem of Neal Towlson and Sebastian Hall. Stabb and Corfied are 11-5 overall and 10-1 in the SAC, while Towlson and Hall combined to go 13-9 overall and 8-3 in league play.

Making up the All-SAC Singles Second Team are Jonas Winkelmann, Hall, Queens' Per-Erik Soler, Mars Hill's Euquerio Guerrero, Wingate's Filippo Pezzoli and Lenoir-Rhyne's Robin Hochguertel. Anderson's Carracedo and Meteo Rivas, Wingate's Ryan Forbes and Connor Kudrick, and Queens' Per-Erik Soler and Jules Athalis form the doubles Second Team.

The All-SAC Singles Honorable Mention Team consists of Kudrick, Carson-Newman's Juan Sebastian Perez, Anderson's Tomas Passalacqua, Coker's William Marrafao, Carson-Newman's Joao Pedro Oliveria, and Newberry's Fernando Espana. The tandems of Lenoir-Rhyne's Hochguertel and Hunter Pack, Queens' Andre Bafume and Ole-Jacob Meum, and Anderson's Passalacqua and Inaki Iriberry, meanwhile, make up the All-Conference Doubles Honorable Mention squad.

Wingate's Michael Cabana was chosen as the SAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to the conference's regular-season title. WU went unbeaten at 11-0 in league matches, and is 16-7 overall. It marks the fourth time Cabana has earned Coach of the Year honors on the men's side.

2014 SAC Men's Tennis Awards

SAC Player of the Year: Lukas Winkelmann, Tusculum

SAC Freshman of the Year: Juan Carracedo, Anderson

SAC Coach of the Year: Michael Cabana, Wingate

All-SAC First Team Singles

Lukas Winkelmann, Tusculum

Andre Staab, Coker

Vinicius Botelho, Newberry

Nic Planchard, Tusculum

Tom Sizeland, Coker

Juan Carracedo, Anderson

All-SAC First Team Doubles

Lukas Winkelmann/Jonas Winkelmann, Tusculum

James Corfield/Andre Staab, Coker

Neal Towlson/Sebastian Hall, Wingate

All-SAC Second Team Singles

Per-Erik Soler, Queens

Jonas Winkelmann, Tusculum

Sebastian Hall, Wingate

Euquerio Guerrero, Mars Hill

Filippo Pezzoli, Wingate

Robin Hochguertel, Lenoir-Rhyne

All-SAC Second Team Doubles

Juan Carracedo/Mateo Rivas, Anderson

Ryan Forbes/Connor Kudrick, Wingate

Per-Erik Soler/Jules Athalis, Queens

All-SAC Honorable Mention Singles

Connor Kudrick, Wingate

Juan Sebastian Perez, Carson-Newman

Tomas Passalacqua, Anderson

William Marrafao, Coker

Joao Pedro Oliveria, Carson-Newman

Fernando Espana, Newberry

All-SAC Honorable Mention Doubles

Robin Hochguertel/Hunter Pack, Lenoir-Rhyne

Andre Bafume/Ole-Jacob Meum, Queens

Inaki Iriberry/Tomas Passalacqua, Anderson