FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Josef Zapletal has earned the Southland Conference's Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year honor, the league announced Wednesday along with the All-Academic team.
Zapletal had a 3.60 GPA as a Business major. The senior was a first team-all conference selection at No. 3 doubles with an undefeated conference record. Zapletal was named the SLC Tournament MVP after winning every singles match to help the Islanders win the title and advance to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are nominated by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Voting for one’s own athlete for Student-Athelte of the year 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.
2026 Southland Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year - Josef Zapletal, TAMUCC, Sr., 3.60 GPA
2026 Men’s Tennis All-Academic Team
Alexandre Chauvel Gobin, UIW, Jr., 3.80 GPA
Emilio Villa, UIW, Gr., 3.80 GPA *
Gerardo Delgado, UIW, Fr., 3.68 GPA
Ian Uraga, UIW, So., 3.38 GPA
Santiago Flyckt, UIW, Jr., 3.30 GPA
Leon Nickel, Lamar, Jr., 3.45 GPA
Louis Drapeau, Lamar, So., 3.42 GPA
Maxwell Lindstedt, Lamar, So., 3.60 GPA
Rintaro Shukuda, Lamar, Fr., 3.40 GPA
Vicente Monge, Lamar, Fr., 3.80 GPA
Beltran Fernandez, UNO, Fr., 3.91 GPA
Carlos Melgosa, UNO, Fr., 3.74 GPA
Jacob Rouleau-Mailly, UNO, Jr., 3.91 GPA
Gonzalo Cotter, UNO, Jr., 3.73 GPA
Evgenios Vasilakis, UNO, Jr., 4.00 GPA
Mitchell Armbruster, Nicholls, Fr., 4.00 GPA
Marcell Marki, Nicholls, So., 4.00 GPA
Mitchell Spence, Nicholls, Fr., 3.67 GPA
Josef Zapletal, TAMUCC, Sr., 3.60 GPA *
Etienne Marty, TAMUCC, Sr., 3.32 GPA *
Sam Whitehead, UTRGV, Gr. 3.50 GPA *
Santiago Serrano, UTRGV, Jr. 3.93 GPA *
Michael Chan, UTRGV, So. 4.00 GPA *
Will Roberts, UTRGV, Jr. 3.81 GPA
Paolo Bonaguro, UTRGV, Jr., 3.60 GPA
*First Team All-Conference Selections