NAIA Men’s Tennis All-Americans Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2023 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 and national champion runner-up Tennessee Wesleyan led all schools with three first-team selections. Alex Gurmendi, Dhakshineswar Suresh and Santiago Villarruel were named to the team from the Grizzlies, while Oscar Gabriel Ortiz, Nicolas Cortes Campos and German DelCanto earned first team honors for the Bulldogs. Gurmendi was named the Ward-Ballinger Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend, the second time in as many years.
Both Keiser (Fla.) and Georgia Gwinnett had the most honorees across both All-America teams with four each. In addition to the aforementioned student-athletes on the first team, Aleksa Ciric was named to the second team. The Seahawks were represented by a pair of first-team selections in Shaheed Alam and Gaston Cantero. Martin Carrizo and Soufiane El Mesbahi took home second team All-America honors.
FIRST TEAM
Name | School | Class | Hometown |
Gustavo Cruz | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Senior | Sao Paolo, Brazil |
Mattis Le Montagner | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Junior | Lorient, France |
Alex Gurmendi | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Dhakshineswar Suresh | Georgia Gwinnett | Freshman | Sonipat, India |
Santiago Villarruel | Georgia Gwinnett | Freshman | Benito Juarez, Argentina |
Perry Gregg | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Sophomore | Chicago, Ill. |
Shaheed Alam | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Singapore |
Gaston Cantero | Keiser (Fla.) | Junior | Avellanada, Argentina |
Jan Silhavy | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Junior | Jenikov, Czech Republic |
Sergio Conde | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Tenerife, Spain |
Giovanni Branchetti | Northwestern Ohio | Freshman | Posadas, Argentina |
Christian Garay | Southeastern (Fla.) | Fifth Year | Columbus, Ga. |
Oscar Gabriel Ortiz | Tennessee Wesleyan | Senior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nicolas Cortes Campos | Tennessee Wesleyan | Freshman | Bogota, Colombia |
German DelCanto | Tennessee Wesleyan | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Vaclav Schneider | William Woods (Mo.) | Sophomore | Prague, Czech Republic |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Class | Hometown |
Daniel Vishnick | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Senior | London, England |
Aleksa Ciric | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Bela Palanka, Serbia |
Facundo Paredes | Grace (Ind.) | Sophomore | Villa Maria, Argentina |
Javier Gallego | Grace (Ind.) | Junior | Malaga, Spain |
Isaac Steiner | Indiana Wesleyan | Senior | Fort Wayne, IN |
Bryce Ware | Kansas Wesleyan | Sophomore | Amarillo, Texas |
Martin Carrizo | Keiser (Fla.) | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Soufiane El Mesbahi | Keiser (Fla.) | Senior | Tangier, Morocco |
Michael Beltran | McPherson (Kan.) | Junior | Madrid, Spain |
Gianfranco Germinara | Middle Georgia State | Senior | Pigue, Argentina |
Joao Okano | Mobile (Ala.) | Junior | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Martin Stanchev | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Nesebar, Bulgaria |
Mark Tryakshin | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sophomore | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Diego Menendez | Southeastern (Fla.) | Sophomore | Gijon, Spain |
Raul Safont-Martinez | St. Thomas (Fla.) | Junior | Castellon, Spain |
Zak Khalilli | Westcliff (Calif.) | Junior | Casablanca, Mexico |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Name | School | Class | Hometown |
Hugo Abril | Arizona Christian | Freshman | Barcelona, Spain |
Milan Bucek | Bethel (Kan.) | Junior | Pelhrimov, Czech Republic |
Reuben Giorgio | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Junior | Perth, Western Australia |
Martin Muller | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Junior | Klagenfurt, Austria |
Jorge Chevez | Doane (Neb.) | Senior | Panama City, Panama |
Charly Zick | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Munich, Germany |
Michel Zobel | Indiana Tech | Senior | Hamburg, Germany |
Mark Griffin | Marian (Ind.) | Junior | Cork, Ireland |
Luis Hochenauer | Menlo (Calif.). | Sophomore | Germany |
Saar Rogovski | Menlo (Calif.). | Junior | Israel |
Naufal Kamaruzzaman | Middle Georgia State | Senior | Shah Alam, Malaysia |
Malik Omarkhanov | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
Francisco Perez Esnoala | Oakland City (Ind.) | Freshman | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Federico Barbon | Southeastern (Fla.) | Fifth Year | Santa Fe, Argentina |
Zoilo Rios | Tennessee Wesleyan | Sophomore | Zaragoza, Spain |
Noah Rockstroh | William Carey (Miss.) | Senior | Munich, Germany |
Ben Grumley | William Woods (Mo.) | Junior | Traralgon, Australia |