2024 NAIA Men’s Tennis All-America Selections Announced

Men's Tennis - Keiser University

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2024 NAIA Men’s Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes comprise first, second and third teams.

Keiser (Fla.) led all schools with two, first-team selections and tied Xavier (La.) with the most total selections with four. Soufiane El Mesbahi and Shaheed Alam were the first-team selections for the Seahawks. Alex Gurmendi of Georgia Gwinnett, also a first-team selection, was named the Ward-Ballinger Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend for the third consecutive season.

Both Keiser and Xavier had the most honorees across the three All-America teams with four each. In addition to the aforementioned student-athletes on the first team for Keiser, Didrik Liljevist and Yassir Kilani were named to the second team. Xavier’s Julius Hell was named to the first team while Jacobi Bain, VanDer Woddy and Nereo Suarez were all third team selections for the Gold Rush.

 

FIRST TEAM

Name School Class Hometown
Alex Gurmendi Georgia Gwinnett Sr. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Javier Gallego Grace (Ind.) Sr. Malaga, Spain
Perry Gregg Holy Cross (Ind.) Jr. Chicago, Ill.
Bryce Ware Kansas Wesleyan Jr. Canyon, Texas
Soufiane El Mesbahi Keiser (Fla.) Sr. Tangier, Morocco
Shaheed Alam Keiser (Fla.) So. Singapore
Jan Silhavy Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Sr. Jenikov, Czech Republic
Michael Beltran McPherson (Kan.) Sr. Ibague, Tolima, Colombia
Martin Carrizo Middle Georgia State Sr. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joao Okano Mobile (Ala.) Jr. Recife Pernambuco, Brazil
Sergio Conde Northwestern Ohio Sr. Tenerife, Spain
Kyllian Savary Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) Sr. Savigny-Sur-Orge, France
Luciano Fisicaro Reinhardt (Ga.) Sr. Argentina
Danil Ozernoy SCAD Savannah (Ga.) Jr. Almaty, Kazakhstan
Octavio Volpi Tennessee Wesleyan Jr. Corrientes, Argentina
Vaclav Schneider William Woods (Mo.) Jr. Prague, Czech Republic

 

SECOND TEAM

Name School Class Hometown
Luis Francisco Sampedro Georgia Gwinnett So. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Santiago Villarruel Georgia Gwinnett So. Benito Juarez, Argentina
Pablo Gregori Grace (Ind.) Jr. Gandia, Spain
Oscar Wai Holy Cross (Ind.) Fr. Hong Kong
Yassir Kilani Keiser (Fla.) Jr. Rabat, Morocco
Didrik Liljekvist Keiser (Fla.) So. Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Garcia Middle Georgia State Fr. Lugo, Spain
Malik Omarkhanov Northwestern Ohio Sr. Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Martin Stanchev Northwestern Ohio Sr. Nessebar, Bolgaria
David Ekpenyong Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) Fr. Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Mark Tryakshin SCAD Savannah (Ga.) Jr. Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Diego Menendez Southeastern (Fla.) Jr. Gijon, Spain
Bruno Pessoa Southeastern (Fla.) 5th Year Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sabi Roi Tennessee Wesleyan So. Lyon, France
Islam Orynbassar William Carey (Miss.) Fr. Astana, Kazakhstan
Julius Hell Xavier (La.) So. Pforzheim, Germany

 

THIRD TEAM

Name School Class Hometown
Hugo Abril Arizona Christian So. Barcelona, Spain
Milan Bucek Bethel (Kan.) Sr. Pelhrimov, Czech Republic
Max Barriere Georgetown (Ky.) So. France
Luca McManus Holy Cross (Ind.) So. England
Isaac Steiner Indiana Wesleyan 5th Year Fort Wayne, Ind.
Hudson Dick John Brown (Ark.) Sr. Broken Arrow, Okla.
Luca da Silva Ebenriter Missouri Baptist So. Florianopolis, Brazi
Mark Trenkle Morningside (Iowa) Jr. Lahr, Germany
Jose Andres Perez Oakland City (Ind.) So. Guanajuato, Mexico
Patricio Gallegos Tennessee Wesleyan 5th Year Santiago, Chile
Max Mueller Westcliff (Calif.) Sr. Ludwigsburg, Germany
Felix Veyhle Westcliff (Calif.) Sr. Ludwigsburg, Germany
Noah Rockstroh William Carey (Miss.) Sr. Markdorf, Germany
Jacobi Bain Xavier (La.) Jr. Nassau, Bahamas
VanDer Woody Xavier (La.) So. Baltimore, Md.
Nereo Suarez Xavier (La.) So. Santa Fe, Argentina

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