TWU Places 4 on NAIA Men's Tennis All-American Team
May 30, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2023 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes comprise both the first and second teams.
Tennessee Wesleyan represented the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) well by placing four members on the squad. Tennessee Wesleyan was only matched by Georgia Gwinnett in landing three on the first team. Oscar Gabriel Ortiz, Nicolas Cortes Campos, and German DelCanto are the Bulldogs who made the first team.
Zolio Rios rounded out the Tennessee Wesleyan contingent as he earned an honorable mention.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Gustavo Cruz | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Senior | Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| Mattis Le Montagner | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Junior | Lorient, France |
| Alex Gurmendi | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Dhakshineswar Suresh | Georgia Gwinnett | Freshman | Sonipat, India |
| Santiago Villarruel | Georgia Gwinnett | Freshman | Benito Juarez, Argentina |
| Perry Gregg | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Sophomore | Chicago, Ill. |
| Shaheed Alam | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Singapore |
| Gaston Cantero | Keiser (Fla.) | Junior | Avellanada, Argentina |
| Jan Silhavy | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Junior | Jenikov, Czech Republic |
| Sergio Conde | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Tenerife, Spain |
| Giovanni Branchetti | Northwestern Ohio | Freshman | Posadas, Argentina |
| Christian Garay | Southeastern (Fla.) | Fifth Year | Columbus, Ga. |
| Oscar Gabriel Ortiz | Tennessee Wesleyan | Senior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nicolas Cortes Campos | Tennessee Wesleyan | Freshman | Bogota, Colombia |
| German DelCanto | Tennessee Wesleyan | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Vaclav Schneider | William Woods (Mo.) | Sophomore | Prague, Czech Republic |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Daniel Vishnick | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Senior | London, England |
| Aleksa Ciric | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Bela Palanka, Serbia |
| Facundo Paredes | Grace (Ind.) | Sophomore | Villa Maria, Argentina |
| Javier Gallego | Grace (Ind.) | Junior | Malaga, Spain |
| Isaac Steiner | Indiana Wesleyan | Senior | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Bryce Ware | Kansas Wesleyan | Sophomore | Amarillo, Texas |
| Martin Carrizo | Keiser (Fla.) | Junior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Soufiane El Mesbahi | Keiser (Fla.) | Senior | Tangier, Morocco |
| Michael Beltran | McPherson (Kan.) | Junior | Madrid, Spain |
| Gianfranco Germinara | Middle Georgia State | Senior | Pigue, Argentina |
| Joao Okano | Mobile (Ala.) | Junior | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Martin Stanchev | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Nesebar, Bulgaria |
| Mark Tryakshin | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sophomore | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Diego Menendez | Southeastern (Fla.) | Sophomore | Gijon, Spain |
| Raul Safont-Martinez | St. Thomas (Fla.) | Junior | Castellon, Spain |
| Zak Khalilli | Westcliff (Calif.) | Junior | Casablanca, Mexico |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Hugo Abril | Arizona Christian | Freshman | Barcelona, Spain |
| Milan Bucek | Bethel (Kan.) | Junior | Pelhrimov, Czech Republic |
| Reuben Giorgio | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Junior | Perth, Western Australia |
| Martin Muller | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Junior | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Jorge Chevez | Doane (Neb.) | Senior | Panama City, Panama |
| Charly Zick | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Munich, Germany |
| Michel Zobel | Indiana Tech | Senior | Hamburg, Germany |
| Mark Griffin | Marian (Ind.) | Junior | Cork, Ireland |
| Luis Hochenauer | Menlo (Calif.). | Sophomore | Germany |
| Saar Rogovski | Menlo (Calif.). | Junior | Israel |
| Naufal Kamaruzzaman | Middle Georgia State | Senior | Shah Alam, Malaysia |
| Malik Omarkhanov | Northwestern Ohio | Senior | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| Francisco Perez Esnoala | Oakland City (Ind.) | Freshman | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
| Federico Barbon | Southeastern (Fla.) | Fifth Year | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Zoilo Rios | Tennessee Wesleyan | Sophomore | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Noah Rockstroh | William Carey (Miss.) | Senior | Munich, Germany |
| Ben Grumley | William Woods (Mo.) | Junior | Traralgon, Australia |