Georgia Gwinnett Tops Final NAIA Men’s Tennis Poll After Championship Run
In the final NAIA Men’s Tennis Top 25 Coaches’ Poll of the season, Georgia Gwinnett secured the No. 1 spot with 210 points following its national championship run.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2026 UTR NAIA Men’s Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes were chosen to comprise the first and second teams. The third team is made up of 18 student-athletes.
Georgia Gwinnett senior Luis Francisco Sampedro of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, received the Ward-Bollinger Outstanding Player award, while Tom Rees was named NAIA National Coach of the Year.
First Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Lucas Grana | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Mar del plata, Argentina, State | Sophomore |
| Lennart Kleeberg | Johnson University (Tenn.) | Berlin, Germany | Freshman |
| Santiago Villarruel | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Benito Juarez, Argentina | Senior |
| Luis Francisco Sampedro | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Mallorca, Spain | Senior |
| Ching Wah Wai | Holy Cross College (Ind.) | Hong Kong | Junior |
| Matheus Lima | Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.) | Curitiba, Brazil | Junior |
| Marcos Menendez | Morningside University (Iowa) | Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain | Sophomore |
| Lev Sholosh | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Lviv, Ukraine | Junior |
| Nereo Suarez | Xavier University – (La.) | Sante Fe, Argentina | Senior |
| Alberto Hasenkof | St. Thomas University (Fla.) | Germany | Freshman |
| Didrik Liljekvist | Keiser University (Fla.) | Stockholm, Sweden | Senior |
| Yerassyl Yerdilda | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Astana, Kazakhstan | Freshman |
| Facundo Grasso | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Freshman |
| Christian Sanchez | Xavier University – (LA) | Bogata. Columbia | Freshman |
| Shaheed Alam | Keiser University (Fla.) | Singapore | Senior |
| Javier Gallego | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Malaga | Graduate School |
Second Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Joewyn Pascua | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Iloilo, Philippines | Sophomore |
| Andreas Polichronopoulos | Grace College (Ind.) | Porto Rafti, Greece | Sophomore |
| Julian Tantera | Huntington University (Ind.) | Cordoba, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Hugo Abril | Arizona Christian University (Ariz.) | Barcelona, Spain | Senior |
| Luca Ebenriter | Missouri Baptist University (Mo.) | Florianopolis, Brazil | Senior |
| Piero Fernandez | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Santiago, Chile | Junior |
| Alexis Diaz | Morningside University (Iowa) | Bassens, France | Senior |
| Nicolass Cortes | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Bogota, Colombia | Sophomore |
| Francisco Perez Esnaola | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Mar Del Plata, Argentina | Senior |
| Juan Carlos Garcia Garcia | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Elche, Spain | Senior |
| Mateo Larrea | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Freshman |
| Lucas Perez | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | General Roca, Argentina | Senior |
| Asier Pascual | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Madrid, Spain | Senior |
| Matthew Dubas | Keiser University (Fla.) | Vancouver, Canada | Sophomore |
| Gonzalo Fernandez | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Gijon, Spain | Sophomore |
| Benjamin Rahine | Grace College (Ind.) | Rivière-Salée, France | Sophomore |
Third Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Duarte Melo | William Woods University (Mo.) | Portugal | 5th Year |
| Arthur Nardy | McPherson College (Kan.) | Eauze, France | Senior |
| Jorge Batista | Bethel College (Kan.) | Maracay, Venezuela | Sophomore |
| Roman Gonzales-Leeks | Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.) | Soissons, France | Sophomore |
| Jose Andres Perez Perez | Oakland City University – (IN) | Guanajaunto, Mexico | Senior |
| Vinh Nguyen | William Carey University (Miss.) | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Junior |
| Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana | The University of Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | Salvador, Brazil | Senior |
| Maximo Nagele | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Tenerife, Spain | Freshman |
| Martin Capdevilla | Huntington University (Ind.) | Mendoza, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Nick Velders | Concordia University (Neb.) | Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands | Senior |
| Lennert Lemahieu | Arizona Christian University (Ariz.) | Geluwe, Belgium | Senior |
| Noah Burton | William Woods University (Mo.) | Chichester, England | 5th Year |
| Petr Kollar | Bethel College (Kan.) | Tepliche, Czechia | Senior |
| Islam Orynbassar | William Carey University (Miss.) | Astana, Kazakhstan | Junior |
| Santiago Sarudianksy | Huntington University (Ind.) | Unquillo, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Mathys Arnold | Morningside University (Iowa) | Charmey, Switzerland | Sophomore |
| Gian Durrer | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Bad Ragaz, Switzerland | Sophomore |
| Kanan Gasimov | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Baku, Azerbaijan | Freshman |
In the final NAIA Men’s Tennis Top 25 Coaches’ Poll of the season, Georgia Gwinnett secured the No. 1 spot with 210 points following its national championship run.
Georgia Gwinnett returned to the top and tied a tournament record Saturday with a 4-0 final-round victory against Tennessee Wesleyan in the 74th annual UTR Sports NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship.
Top-seeded and unbeaten Georgia Gwinnett defeated fifth-seeded Southeastern (Fla.) 4-0, and second-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan rallied for a 4-3 victory against third-seeded and defending champion Kaiser (Fla.) in Friday’s semifinals of the 74th annual UTR Sports NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship.
Top-seeded and unbeaten Georgia Gwinnett will play fifth-seeded Southeastern (Fla.), and second-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan will play third-seeded and defending champion Keiser (Fla.) in Friday’s semifinals of the 74th annual UTR Sports NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship.