FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference announced this year's Men's Tennis All-Conference Teams and Superlative awards ahead of the 2025 Southland Conference Tennis Championships.

UTRGV's Sam Whitehead spirited the Vaqueros showing, claiming the team's first ever Player of the Year award. Whitehead went 4-1 in conference matches, taking three of those wins in straight sets. 

Julian Franzmann of New Orleans claimed Freshman of the Year honors after a stellar first season in the SLC. He went 4-1 at No. 3 singles in conference play, collecting wins against some of the top-ranked teams in the conference. 

A&M-Corpus Christi's Nathan Favier wins Newcomer of the Year after being a driving force behind the Islanders' Southland Regular Season title. Favier went 4-1 in conference singles matches though he won the singles' crown at the Southland Fall Championships. 

Favier's coach, Steve Moore wins Coach of the Year honors after leading A&M-Corpus Christi to a perfect 5-0 conference regular season.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sam Whitehead, UTRGV
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Julian Franzmann, New Orleans
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Nathan Favier, A&M-Corpus Christi
COACH OF THE YEAR: Steve Moore, A&M-Corpus Christi

Flight	First Team	Second Team
No. 1 Singles	Sam Whitehead, UTRGV	Pablo Perez Ramos, NJIT
No. 2 Singles	Ivo Isqueiro, UTRGV	Omar Suarez, A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 3 Singles	Julian Franzmann, New Orleans	Oscar Callo von Platen, NJIT
No. 4 Singles	Rafael Candelas, UIW	Soma Fukuhara, NJIT
No. 5 Singles	David Tesic, New Orleans	Stefano Chappuis, Lamar
No. 6 Singles	Josef Zapletal, A&M-Corpus Christi	Louis Drapeau, Lamar
No. 1 Doubles	Matthew Armbruster and Sep de Visser, New Orleans	Pablo Perez Ramos and Nejc Skorjanc, NJIT
No. 2 Doubles	Etienne Marty and Omar Suarez, A&M-Corpus Christi	Joseph Townes and Jay temming, New Orleans
No. 3 Doubles	Nathan Favier and Matthieu Coignet, A&M-Corpus Christi	Ivo Isqueiro and Eduardo Menezes, UTRGV