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Big South Announces 2021 Annual Men's Tennis Awards
April 14, 2021 | Men's Tennis
CHARLOTTE – The Big South Conference announced the winners of its annual awards for men's tennis on Wednesday afternoon. There were four different players from the Runnin' Bulldogs to receive one of the honors. The players were Victor Putter, Chrisjan Van Wyk, Breno Plentz, and Stefano Puga.
Putter was selected as a member of the First-Team All-Conference Singles Team. Putter finished the regular season at 8-9 in singles matches, going 7-6 in the #1 court. In conference play, he went 2-2. Both of his losses came against players named to the First-Team All-Conference Singles Team.
Van Wyk was named to the Second-Team All-Conference Singles Team. Van Wyk ended conference play with a 3-2 record, all wins coming on the #2 court. He finished the regular season having six singles wins.
The Big South chose Putter and Van Wyk as a First-Team All-Conference Doubles Team. After being paired together, the duo won their first ten matches to be 10-0. They went a perfect 4-0 in conference play helping them solidify their win for this honor.
Gardner-Webb's Puga and Plentz earned a spot on the Second-Team All-Conference Doubles Team. This pair of graduate students went 7-3 in the #2 flight on the season, and finished 3-2 in Big South play, providing key victories in matches all throughout the season.
Putter also earned a spot on the conference's All-Academic Team with a 4.0 GPA while pursing a degree in Mathematics.
2021 Big South Conference Men's Tennis Award Winners
First Team All-Conference Singles
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
Guilherme Sergio, Sr., Longwood
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Jon Brann Reid, Fr., UNC Asheville
Oli Nolan, Sr., UNC Asheville
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Andres Silva / Demi Taramonlis, Radford
Guilherme Severin / Yevhen Sirous, Radford
Victor Putter / Chrisjan Van Wyk,Gardner-Webb
Max Benson / Georgije Babic, Presbyterian College
Second Team All-Conference Singles
Andres Silva, Jr., Radford
Demi Taramonlis, Soph., Radford
Guilherme Severin, Fr., Radford
Leo Bierbaum, Jr., UNC Asheville
Chrisjan Van Wyk, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Dinos Raptis, Soph., Radford
Javier Matos, Fr., Presbyterian College
Matthew Beecher, Jr., Campbell
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Benjamin Niv / Matt Beecher, Campbell
Jon Brann Reid / Charlie Morkel, UNC Asheville
Harry Thursfield / Leo Bierbaum, UNC Asheville
Stefano Puga / Breno Plentz, Gardner-Webb
All-Academic Team
Noe Macquart, Soph., Campbell
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Mathew Foster-Estwick, Gr., Hampton
Guillermo Cagigas, Jr., Longwood
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Player of the Year
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Freshman of the Year
Jon Brann Reid, UNC Asheville
Coach of the Year
Tom Hand, UNC Asheville
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Putter was selected as a member of the First-Team All-Conference Singles Team. Putter finished the regular season at 8-9 in singles matches, going 7-6 in the #1 court. In conference play, he went 2-2. Both of his losses came against players named to the First-Team All-Conference Singles Team.
Van Wyk was named to the Second-Team All-Conference Singles Team. Van Wyk ended conference play with a 3-2 record, all wins coming on the #2 court. He finished the regular season having six singles wins.
The Big South chose Putter and Van Wyk as a First-Team All-Conference Doubles Team. After being paired together, the duo won their first ten matches to be 10-0. They went a perfect 4-0 in conference play helping them solidify their win for this honor.
Gardner-Webb's Puga and Plentz earned a spot on the Second-Team All-Conference Doubles Team. This pair of graduate students went 7-3 in the #2 flight on the season, and finished 3-2 in Big South play, providing key victories in matches all throughout the season.
Putter also earned a spot on the conference's All-Academic Team with a 4.0 GPA while pursing a degree in Mathematics.
2021 Big South Conference Men's Tennis Award Winners
First Team All-Conference Singles
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
Guilherme Sergio, Sr., Longwood
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Jon Brann Reid, Fr., UNC Asheville
Oli Nolan, Sr., UNC Asheville
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Andres Silva / Demi Taramonlis, Radford
Guilherme Severin / Yevhen Sirous, Radford
Victor Putter / Chrisjan Van Wyk,Gardner-Webb
Max Benson / Georgije Babic, Presbyterian College
Second Team All-Conference Singles
Andres Silva, Jr., Radford
Demi Taramonlis, Soph., Radford
Guilherme Severin, Fr., Radford
Leo Bierbaum, Jr., UNC Asheville
Chrisjan Van Wyk, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Dinos Raptis, Soph., Radford
Javier Matos, Fr., Presbyterian College
Matthew Beecher, Jr., Campbell
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Benjamin Niv / Matt Beecher, Campbell
Jon Brann Reid / Charlie Morkel, UNC Asheville
Harry Thursfield / Leo Bierbaum, UNC Asheville
Stefano Puga / Breno Plentz, Gardner-Webb
All-Academic Team
Noe Macquart, Soph., Campbell
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Mathew Foster-Estwick, Gr., Hampton
Guillermo Cagigas, Jr., Longwood
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Player of the Year
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Freshman of the Year
Jon Brann Reid, UNC Asheville
Coach of the Year
Tom Hand, UNC Asheville
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
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