2011 NAIA Men's Tennis All-Americans Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2011 Men's Tennis All-Americans. Players were selected by the All-America committee. Thirty-two student-athletes were named to the First and Second Teams, while 21 others were named honorable mention selections.
Highlighting the 2011 honorees are Remy Caffardo of Graceland (Iowa) and Carlos Lima of Westmont (Calif.). Both Caffardo and Lima are four-time First-Team All-Americans. Also picking up All-American status for the fourth year is Embry-Riddle's (Fla.) Jan Hoekzema, who earned First-Team honors in 2009 and 2010 and Second-Team honors in 2008 and 2011.
National championship runner-up Embry-Riddle led the way with five All-Americans, including First-Team pick Chris Freeman and four Second-Team selections. Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), Fresno Pacific (Calif.) and Oklahoma Christian each had four honorees.
The 2011 All-America list is composed of eight seniors, nine juniors, eight sophomores and seven freshmen.
| First Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Bruno Savi | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | So. | Santana Do Livramento, Brazil |
| Boris Obama | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | So. | Paris, France |
| Jochem Hoefnagels | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | So. | Asten, Netherlands |
| Janosch Apelt | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | Jr. | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Chris Freeman | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | So. | Costa Mesa, Calif. |
| Kirill Sinitsyn | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | So. | Toronto, Canada |
| Xavier Smith | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | Jr. | Visalia, Calif. |
| Cledson Carvalho | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Remy Caffardo | Graceland (Iowa) | Sr. | Romans, France |
| Martin Poboril | Oklahoma Christian | So. | Pribam, Czech Republic |
| Thomas Van Cauter | Oklahoma Christian | Sr. | Villenueve-Loubet, France |
| Bruno Tiberti | Oklahoma Christian | Fr. | Argentina |
| Lucas Pereira | Vanguard (Calif.) | Jr. | Sao, Paulo, Brazil |
| Carlos Lima | Westmont (Calif.) | Sr. | Porto Allegre, Brazil |
| Bryan Cox | Westmont (Calif.) | Jr. | Alamo, Calif. |
| Jody Claassen | William Carey (Miss.) | Fr. | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Bence Toth | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | So. | Budapest, Hungary |
| Loic Didavi | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | So. | Cotonou, Benin |
| Andrey Potapkin | Concordia (Calif.) | Sr. | Moscow, Russia |
| Patrick Besch | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Fr. | Mainz, Germany |
| Jan Hoekzema | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Sr. | Bonn, Germany |
| Peter Francis | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Hampshire, England |
| Simon Felix | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Fr. | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nathan Martinet | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | Fr. | Pau, France |
| Fabricio Morales | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Fr. | Cancun, Mexico |
| Vinicius Santos | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | Jr. | Passo Fundo, Brazil |
| Renardy Guelfi | Oklahoma Christian | Jr. | Curitiba, Brazil |
| Joel Myers | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | Sr. | Melbourne, Australia |
| Yvon Haessig | Union (Ky.) | Fr. | Vancouver, Canada |
| Nicolas Ernst | Union (Ky.) | Sr. | Rietheim, Germany |
| Zach Taylor | Xavier (La.) | Jr. | Monroe, La. |
| Hassan Abbas | Xavier (La.) | Sr. | Saltaire, England |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Name | School | ||
| Aaron Hendrick | Aquinas (Mich.) | ||
| Nick Artaev | Aquinas (Mich.) | ||
| Zinelabidine Jouini | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | ||
| Claudio Andrade | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | ||
| Ben Eger | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | ||
| Carlos Anton | Campbellsville (Ky.) | ||
| Bruno Santarelli | Concordia (Calif.) | ||
| Adrian Bayh | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | ||
| Vladislav Khudziy | Huntington (Ind.) | ||
| Victor Saez | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | ||
| Andrews Moraes | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | ||
| Vyacheslav Bukatin | McPherson (Kan.) | ||
| Esteban Flores | Oklahoma Christian | ||
| Pier Pieracianni | Oklahoma Christian | ||
| Julian Kurz | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | ||
| Marek Ondruj | Southwest (N.M.) | ||
| Felipe Bedon | Taylor (Ind.) | ||
| Bartos Micher | Union (Ky.) | ||
| Toni Guata | William Carey (Miss.) | ||
| Thomas Rizk | William Carey (Miss.) | ||
| Steffen Giles-Osborn | Xavier (La.) | ||
