FRISCO, Texas - Tomas Reche of UIW was named the 2024 Southland Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Monday.
Reche carried a 4.00 GPA in the classroom, earning his MBA in Business Administration. He claimed SLC First Team at No. 3 Singles and SLC Second Team at No. 2 Doubles with his partner Emilio Vila. Reche finished with a 9-7 record in singles and a 14-4 record in doubles.
Regular season conference champion UIW headlined the team with five honorees and New Orleans with three student-athletes recognized. NJIT and Bryant earned the remaining spots. First team all-conference players who met the academic qualifications are automatically selected to the team.
The all-academic team is 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 3.25 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 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.
Student-Athlete of the Year: Tomas Reche, UIW
All-Academic First Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Noah DeLuna* |
UIW |
Sr. |
San Antonio, Texas |
3.46 |
Business Administration |
| Andoni Garmendia* |
UIW |
Jr. |
Santiago, Chile |
3.39 |
Business Administration |
| Arnau Miralles* |
UIW |
Sr. |
Tarragona, Catalunya |
3.38 |
Business Administration |
| Tomas Reche* |
UIW |
Sr. |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
4.00 |
MBA-Business Administration |
| Marcel Volz* |
New Orleans |
Gr. |
Iffezheim, Germany |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Avery Zavala* |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Amarillo, Texas |
3.63 |
Accounting |
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All-Academic Second Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Joao Sasso |
UIW |
Sr. |
Porto Alegre, Brazil |
3.90 |
Engineering |
| Diego Serra Sparrow |
Bryant |
Sr. |
Phoenix, Arizona |
3.83 |
Marketing |
| Oscar Callo von Platon |
NJIT |
Jr. |
Levanto, Italy |
4.00 |
Business Informative Studies |
| Luke Joujan |
New Orleans |
Sr. |
Hamburg, Germany |
3.94 |
Business Administration |
| Matthew Ambruster |
New Orleans |
Sr. |
Matairie, Louisiana |
4.00 |
Biological Sciences |
| Pavel Patrov |
NJIT |
So. |
Alicanta, Spain |
4.00 |
Business |
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* First Team All-Conference, Automatic Selection
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