MELBOURNE, Fla. – Eighteen student-athletes have been named to the 2019 All-Sunshine State Conference men’s tennis teams, it was announced Wednesday, May 7th. Barry University, SSC regular season and tournament champion, claims 13 awards including Coach of the Year. Voting for the All-SSC teams was conducted among the league’s men’s tennis coaches.
Men's Tennis All-SSC History: All-SSC Teams | Athletes & Coaches of the Year
Nicolo De Fraia of Rollins College is awarded SSC Athlete of the Year honors following a 19-1 singles record from #1 singles position. Currently, De Fraia is ranked No. 13 in the ITA's Division II Collegiate Singles Rankings. In addition to his singles play, De Fraia and partner Frederick Danielson finished 13-6 this season in #2 doubles. The senior from Cagliari, Italy becomes the seventh Tar to win Athlete of the Year in men's tennis, first since 2012
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Saint Leo University’s Bruno Faletto has been voted Freshman of the Year for 2019. Faletto posted an 18-1 spring record for the Lions all at #1 singles, including a 6-1 mark in SSC play. The Cakovec, Croatia product is currently ranked No. 12 in the ITA's Division II Collegiate Singles Rankings. He is the third Lion to be named Freshman of the Year, first since 2016
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League tennis coaches have named Barry’s George Samuel as Coach of the Year after going 20-1 overall and 8-0 in SSC play this season. Under Samuel’s instruction, No. 2 Barry heads to a 25th straight regional following the team’s 15th conference tournament title. Samuel now owns the second most SSC Coach of the Year awards in a single sport after collecting his 16th this year
3. Factoring in women's tennis, Samuel has collected the most Coach of the Year awards in SSC history
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Barry’s Pierre Montrieul highlights the repeat All-Conference honorees for 2019. Montrieul is named All-SSC for the fourth consecutive year, including back-to-back awards at First Team Singles. Andres Donayre of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University also earns back-to-back First Team accolades with Singles this year and Doubles a year ago. In total, eight of the nine upperclassman award winners repeat as All-SSC in 2019.
Athlete of the Year – Nicolo De Fraia, Rollins
Freshman of the Year – Bruno Faletto, Saint Leo
Coach of the Year – George Samuel, Barry
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| 2019 All-SSC Men’s First Team Singles |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Nicolo De Fraia |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Cagliari, Italy |
| Bruno Faletto |
Saint Leo |
Fr. |
Cakovec, Croatia |
| Pierre Montrieul*^~ |
Barry |
Jr. |
Beaumont, France |
| Andres Donayre†‡ |
Embry-Riddle |
Jr. |
Lima, Peru |
| Carlos Gomez‡@^#! |
Barry |
Jr. |
Elche, Spain |
| Lucca Baptista |
Lynn |
So. |
Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| - |
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| 2019 All-SSC Men’s First Team Doubles |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Kay Bartmann† / Florian Clemares‡@% |
Lynn |
Sr. / Gr. |
Stuttgart, Germany / Lyon, France |
| Alejandro Ibanez Gallego / Alejandro Ortega Palacios |
Barry |
So. / So. |
Puertollano, Spain / Madrid, Spain |
| Pierre Montrieul*^~ / Blake Bayldon |
Barry |
Sr. / So. |
Moreno, Argentina / Dural, Australia |
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| 2019 All-SSC Men’s Second Team Singles |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Guillermo Nicolas-Ruiz& |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain |
| Alejandro Ibanez Gallego |
Barry |
So. |
Puertollano, Spain |
| Kay Bartmann† |
Lynn |
Sr. |
Stuttgart, Germany |
| Alejandro Ortega Palacios |
Barry |
So. |
Madrid, Spain |
| Vivien Versier*@^ |
Barry |
Sr. |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
| Atakan Gezer |
Rollins |
So. |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| Ghali Mensour |
Saint Leo |
Fr. |
Casablanca, Morocco |
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| 2019 All-SSC Men’s Second Team Doubles |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Nicolo De Fraia / Frederick Danielson |
Rollins |
Sr. / So. |
Cagliari, Italy / Memphis, Tenn. |
| Bruno Faletto / Leonardo Vega |
Saint Leo |
Fr. / So. |
Santiago, Chile / Lake Mary, Fla. |
| Carlos Gomez‡@^#! / Vivien Versier*@^ |
Barry |
Jr. / Sr. |
Elche, Spain / Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
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| 2019 All-SSC Men’s Honorable Mention - Singles |
| Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Daniel Ventura‡ |
Barry |
Sr. |
Sic de Tenerife, Spain |
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* = 2018 First Team Singles
† = 2018 First Team Doubles
‡ = 2018 Second Team Singles
@ = 2018 Second Team Doubles
& = 2018 Honorable Mention
^ = 2017 First Team Doubles
# = 2017 Second Team Singles
% = 2017 Second Team Doubles
! = 2017 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2016 Second Team Singles
1 Previous Athlete of the Year award winners from Rollins: Edwin Hendriksen (1995), Jon Goldfarb (1996), Matt Porter (2001), Carlos Custodio (2004), Jeff Morris (2010), Lucas Jovita (2012)
2 Previous Freshman of the Year award winners from Saint Leo: Victor Lozier (2011) & Alberto Barroso-Campos (2016)
3 Tampa’s Chris Catanach (Volleyball) has the most SSC Coach of the Year awards at 18.
4 Samuel has won 16 men’s and four women’s tennis Coach of the Year awards.