FRISCO, Texas – New Orleans' Matthew Armbruster has earned the Southland Conference's Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year honor, the league announced Monday along with the All-Academic First and Second Teams.
Armbruster helped the Privateers win the Southland Conference Men's Tennis Championship, finishing as the tournament MVP and winning a combined 15 matches between singles and doubles competition throughout the season. His senior campaign was not only strong on the court but also in the classroom where he finished with a 4.00 GPA as a Biological Sciences major.
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted.
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average through the semester prior to the sport’s championship, completed at least one full academic semester at the nominating school prior to the current season, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least one semester of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
*First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named to the all-academic team.
First Team
| Name |
School |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Matthew Armbruster |
New Orleans |
Sr. |
Metairie, La. |
4.00 |
Biological Sciences |
| Julian Franzmann |
New Orleans |
Fr. |
Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
3.71 |
Business Administration |
| David Tesic |
New Orleans |
Gr. |
Kamp-Lintfort, Germany |
3.67 |
Business Administration |
| Sep de Visser |
New Orleans |
Fr. |
Den Haag, Netherlands |
3.52 |
Chemistry |
| Nathan Favier |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
La Rochelle, France |
3.66 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Matthieu Coignet |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
Clamart, France |
3.80 |
Finance |
| Etienne Marty |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
Oxford, England |
3.35 |
Management |
| Omar Suarez |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
So. |
Duran, Ecuador |
3.40 |
Business |
| Josef Zapletal |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
Kyjov, Czech Republic |
3.40 |
Business |
| Sam Whitehead |
UTRGV |
Sr. |
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
3.68 |
Management |
Second Team
| Name |
School |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| Stefano Chappuis |
Lamar |
So. |
Lima, Peru |
4.00 |
Business |
| Oscar Callo von Platen |
NJIT |
Sr, |
Levanto, Italy |
3.93 |
Computer Science |
| Nejc Skorjanc |
NJIT |
Jr. |
Radomlje, Slovenia |
3.39 |
Financial Technology |
| Nicolas Trebuchet |
A&M-Corpus Christi |
Jr. |
Cachan, France |
3.82 |
Finance |
| Will Roberts |
UTRGV |
So. |
New Plymouth, New Zealand |
3.79 |
Management |
| Kotaro Matsumura |
Nicholls |
So. |
Tokyo, Japan |
3.75 |
Business Administration |