NAIA Men’s Tennis All-Americans Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2021 NAIA Men’s Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes comprise both the first and second teams.
National champion Georgia Gwinnett led all schools with five first-team selections and six overall with one honorable mention selection named. Alex Gurmendi, Luis Gomar, Jose Dugo, Valentino Caratini and Matthias Haim represented the Grizzlies on the first team while Federico Bonacia was named a second-team selection. Haim was named the Ward-Ballinger Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend.
Two student-athletes represented national championship runner-up Keiser (Fla.) on the first team. Luke Simkiss and Toru Horie were both honored with first-team honors for the Seahawks. Simkiss completed his season undefeated in singles play on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Alex Gurmendi.
William Carey (Miss.) was also well represented on the top team with two selections. All totaled, Georgia Gwinnett leads all schools with six selections to the two teams combined. Keiser is second with five. William Carey, Xavier (La.), San Diego Christian (Calif.), Indiana Wesleyan and Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) all have two selections on the two teams.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | Year | School | Hometown |
| Bernardo Tajada | Fr. | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alex Gurmendi | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Luis Gomar | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Malaga, Spain |
| Jose Dugo | So. | Georgia Gwinnett | Cordoba, Spain |
| Valentino Caratini | Jr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Matthias Haim | So. | Georgia Gwinnett | Tyrol, Austria |
| Martin Carrizo | So. | Indiana Wesleyan | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Luke Simkiss | Jr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Birmingham, England |
| Toru Horie | So. | Keiser (Fla.) | Tokyo, Japan |
| Yuri Syromolotov | Sr. | Middle Georgia State | Grenada, Spain |
| Martin Mendoza | 5th Yr. | Reinhardt (Ga.) | Tucuman, Argentina |
| Chris Papa | So. | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Cypress, Calif. |
| Oscar Gabriel Ortiz | Fr. | Tennessee Wesleyan | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Leo Bresson | Sr. | William Carey (Miss.) | Granville, Basse-Normandie, France |
| Daniil Klimov | Fr. | William Carey (Miss.) | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Santiago Perez | Jr. | Xavier (La.) | Pereira, Colombia |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | Year | School | Hometown |
| Niccolo Rossi | Sr. | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Buccinasco, Italy |
| Daniel Vishnick | So. | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | England |
| Martin Barbier | Jr. | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, France |
| Federico Bonacia | Jr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Rome, Italy |
| Max Rozas | Jr. | Grace (Ind.) | La Serena, Chile |
| Stefano Di Aloy | Sr. | Indiana Wesleyan | Buenos Aries, Argentina |
| Christopher Kerswell | Sr. | Judson (Ill.) | Brisbane, Australia |
| Geronimo Barrios | Jr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Santiago, Chile |
| Fred Oervad | Jr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Vedbaek, Denmark |
| Charly Zick | Fr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Karlsfeld, Germany |
| Camilo Erazo | Sr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Popayan, Columbia |
| Boris Klingebiel | Sr. | Mobile (Ala.) | Bensheim, Germany |
| Sergio Conde | So. | Northwestern Ohio | Tenerife, Spain |
| Nick Nienhaus | So. | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Laboe Schleswig, Holstein, Germany |
| Bruno Pessoa | Jr. | Warner (Fla.) | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Shaikh Abdullah | Sr. | Xavier (La.) | Hyderabad, India |
HONORABLE MENTION
| Name | Year | School | Hometown |
| Vicente Lagos | Jr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Santiago, Chile |
| Alejo Bagnera | Jr. | Huntington (Ind.) | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Juan Avellaneda | So. | Indiana Tech | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
| Isaac Steiner | So. | Indiana Wesleyan | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Bart Nouws | Fr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Sprundel, Netherlands |
| Aleksa Ciric | Fr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Bela Palanka, Serbia |
| Jan Silhavy | Fr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Jenikov, Czech Republic |
| Angelo Tost | Sr. | Middle Georgia State | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Adam Nagoudi | Fr. | Montreat (N.C.) | Tunisia |
| Marcos Salazar | Sr. | Northwestern Ohio | Arequipa, Peru |
| Claduio Quinones | Sr. | Ottawa (Kan.) | Barcelona, Spain |
| Joe Klokow | Sr. | Point (Ga.) | Kennesaw, Ga. |
| Jordi Puig Molina | So. | Reinhardt (Ga.) | Barcelona, Spain |
| Ivan Smith | So. | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Chula Vista, Calif. |
| German Delcanto | Fr. | Tennessee Wesleyan | Buenos Aries, Argentina |
| Mihailo Radosavljevic | Fr. | Union (Ky.) | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Simon Campos | Jr. | Union (Ky.) | Tenerife, Spain |
| Patrick Shelepov | Jr. | William Woods (Mo.) | Nschede, Netherlands |
| Ben Grumley | Fr. | William Woods (Mo.) | Traralgon, Australia |
