2009 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America Team
May 16, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released the 2009 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America Teams. The selections are made by the NAIA Men's Tennis Tournament Committee and comprises a First, Second and Honorable Mention Team.
There are 16 First Team selections, 16 Second Team selections and 15 Honorable Mention selections. California Baptist University and Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) both finished with three First-Team selections, while Fabio Silva and Vicente Joli were named First-Team All-Americans to represent National Champion Fresno Pacific University (Calif.).
First Team All-America
Name | Institution | Yr. | Hometown | |
Carlos Bes Comeras | Embry-Riddle University (Fla.) | Sr. | Zaragoza, Spain | |
Matthijs Bolsius | Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) | Jr. | Schijndel, Netherlands | |
Remy Caffardo | Graceland (Iowa) | So. | Romans, France | |
Carlos Cirne-Lima | California Baptist | So. | Porto Alegre, Brazil | |
Alex Gonzales | Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain | |
Jan Hoekzema | Embry-Riddle University (Fla.) | So. | Bonn, Germany | |
Michael Johnson | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Jr. | Bradenton, Florida | |
Vicente Joli | Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) | Jr. | Valencia, Spain | |
Florian Lemke | Vanguard University (Calif.) | Jr. | Osuabruck, Germany | |
Jan Menzen | SCAD (Ga.) | Sr. | Bonn, Germany | |
Victor Sanaki Papi | Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) | Sr. | Columbus, Georgia | |
Fabio Silva | Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) | Jr. | Rio De Janiero, Brazil | |
Thomas VanCouter | Oklahoma Christian University | So. | Villeneuve-Loubet, France | |
Martin Vaisse | California Baptist University | Fr. | Marseille, France | |
Alessandro Ventre | California Baptist University | Jr. | Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil | |
Curt Wheeler | Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) | Jr. | Salem, Oregon | |
Second Team All-America
Name | Institution | Yr. | Hometown | |
Maxime Adam | Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) | So. | Paris, France | |
Janosch Apelt | Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) | Fr. | Frankfurt, Germany | |
Adrian Bayh | Embry-Riddle University (Fla.) | Fr. | Stuttgart, Germany | |
Tino Brodar | Vanguard University (Calif.) | So. | Tann Switzerland | |
Augusto Elias | Concordia University-Irvine (Calif.) | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
Mike Green | Xavier University (La.) | Sr. | Port St. Lucie, Florida | |
Freddy Luciani | Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) | Jr. | Venezuela | |
Rajko Mladenovic | Hope International University (Calif.) | Sr. | Belgrade, Serbia | |
Joel Myers | Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) | So. | Melbourne, Australia | |
Lucas Pereira | California Baptist University | Fr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
Andrey Potapkin | Concordia University-Irvine (Calif.) | So. | Russia | |
Terry Richardson | Xavier University (La.) | Sr. | Ellenwood, Georgia | |
Fernando Ristow | Bethel College (Tenn.) | So. | Curitiba, Brazil | |
Fredric Sandberg | Vanguard University (Calif.) | Fr. | Boras Sweden | |
Monte Tucker | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Sr. | Gulf Shores, Alabama | |
Brett Waite | Graceland University (Iowa) | Sr. | Des Peres, Missouri | |
Honorable Mention: Stan Atema, Berry College (Ga.), Kareem Berdai, Concordia University (Calif.), Olivier Fabre, Concordia University (Calif.), Bernardo Feitosa, Ohio Dominican University, Esteban Flores, Oklahoma Christian University, Marco Foelz, Fresno Pacific University (Calif.), Peter Francis, Embry-Riddle University (Fla.), Renardy Guelfi, Union College (Ky.), Anthony Hill, Union College (Ky.), Melvin Prada, Martin Methodist College (Tenn.), Francisco Redondo, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), Charlie Rice, Embry-Riddle University (Fla.), Vinicius Santos, Martin Methodist College (Tenn.), Mathias Weber, Azusa Pacific University, Bozo Zaputovic, Baker University (Ks.)
