FRISCO, Texas - Pascal Lorieul of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was named the 2023 Southland Conference Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year, as the annual All-Academic Team was announced Thursday.

Lorieul carries a 3.94 grade point average while majoring in biomedical science. He clinched the conference tournament to send the Islanders to the NCAA Tournament in a 4-3 victory over New Orleans in the finals. He was named to the All-Conference First Team doubles after going 18-6 overall and 4-1 in conference, and won all three doubles matches in the conference tournament. Lorieul posted non-conference singles wins over Southern Miss, UL-Lafayette, BYU, UT Arlington and UTRGV. He helped men’s tennis win its 22nd conference championship.

Tournament champion A&M-Corpus Christi and regular season champion New Orleans each had four all-academic selections, while Bryant, Lamar, NJIT, and Nicholls had one selection each.

The all-academic teams are voted on by a head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.

Student-Athlete of the Year: Pascal Lorieul, A&M-Corpus Christi

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Max Amling *	Lamar	So.	Neustadt, Germany	3.73	General Business
Matthew Armbruster	New Orleans	Jr.	New Orleans, La.	4.00	Biology
Luke Joujan *	New Orleans	Jr.	Hamburg, Germany	3.91	Business Administration
Espen Lagarde *	New Orleans	Sr.	Chavenay, France	3.58	Business Administration
Pascal Lorieul	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France	3.94	Biomedical Science
Nathan Schwartz	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	L’isle sur Sorgue, France	3.91	Management

Second Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Ulysse Bertrand	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	3.52	Environmental Science
Amine El Kholti	NJIT	Sr.	Fez, Morocco	3.98	Business
Max Heinzel	New Orleans	Sr.	Augsburg, Germany	3.97	Business Administration
Nick Lorenz	Bryant	Sr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.	4.00	Biology: Pre-Health Track
Matthieu Peres	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	Antony, France	3.64	Finance
Antonio Sasso	Nicholls	Jr.	Porto Alegre, Brazil	3.75	Business Administration

   * All-Conference First Team singles, Automatic Selection