AAC Lands Four on NAIA Men's Tennis All-America Team
May 27, 2024
(Story provided by NAIA Sports Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2024 NAIA Men's Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes comprise first, second, and third teams.
The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is represented by four players with Luciana Fisicaro of Reinhardt and Octavio Volpi of Tennessee Wesleyan earning spots on the first team. Sabi Roi of Tennessee Wesleyan made the second team, while Patricio Gallegos of Tennessee Wesleyan landed on the third team.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Alex Gurmendi | Georgia Gwinnett | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Javier Gallego | Grace (Ind.) | Sr. | Malaga, Spain |
| Perry Gregg | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Jr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Bryce Ware | Kansas Wesleyan | Jr. | Canyon, Texas |
| Soufiane El Mesbahi | Keiser (Fla.) | Sr. | Tangier, Morocco |
| Shaheed Alam | Keiser (Fla.) | So. | Singapore |
| Jan Silhavy | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Sr. | Jenikov, Czech Republic |
| Michael Beltran | McPherson (Kan.) | Sr. | Ibague, Tolima, Colombia |
| Martin Carrizo | Middle Georgia State | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Joao Okano | Mobile (Ala.) | Jr. | Recife Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Sergio Conde | Northwestern Ohio | Sr. | Tenerife, Spain |
| Kyllian Savary | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Sr. | Savigny-Sur-Orge, France |
| Luciano Fisicaro | Reinhardt (Ga.) | Sr. | Argentina |
| Danil Ozernoy | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Octavio Volpi | Tennessee Wesleyan | Jr. | Corrientes, Argentina |
| Vaclav Schneider | William Woods (Mo.) | Jr. | Prague, Czech Republic |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Luis Francisco Sampedro | Georgia Gwinnett | So. | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| Santiago Villarruel | Georgia Gwinnett | So. | Benito Juarez, Argentina |
| Pablo Gregori | Grace (Ind.) | Jr. | Gandia, Spain |
| Oscar Wai | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Fr. | Hong Kong |
| Yassir Kilani | Keiser (Fla.) | Jr. | Rabat, Morocco |
| Didrik Liljekvist | Keiser (Fla.) | So. | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Daniel Garcia | Middle Georgia State | Fr. | Lugo, Spain |
| Malik Omarkhanov | Northwestern Ohio | Sr. | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| Martin Stanchev | Northwestern Ohio | Sr. | Nessebar, Bolgaria |
| David Ekpenyong | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Fr. | Akwa Ibom, Nigeria |
| Mark Tryakshin | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Diego Menendez | Southeastern (Fla.) | Jr. | Gijon, Spain |
| Bruno Pessoa | Southeastern (Fla.) | 5th Year | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Sabi Roi | Tennessee Wesleyan | So. | Lyon, France |
| Islam Orynbassar | William Carey (Miss.) | Fr. | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Julius Hell | Xavier (La.) | So. | Pforzheim, Germany |
THIRD TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Hugo Abril | Arizona Christian | So. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Milan Bucek | Bethel (Kan.) | Sr. | Pelhrimov, Czech Republic |
| Max Barriere | Georgetown (Ky.) | So. | France |
| Luca McManus | Holy Cross (Ind.) | So. | England |
| Isaac Steiner | Indiana Wesleyan | 5th Year | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Hudson Dick | John Brown (Ark.) | Sr. | Broken Arrow, Okla. |
| Luca da Silva Ebenriter | Missouri Baptist | So. | Florianopolis, Brazi |
| Mark Trenkle | Morningside (Iowa) | Jr. | Lahr, Germany |
| Jose Andres Perez | Oakland City (Ind.) | So. | Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Patricio Gallegos | Tennessee Wesleyan | 5th Year | Santiago, Chile |
| Max Mueller | Westcliff (Calif.) | Sr. | Ludwigsburg, Germany |
| Felix Veyhle | Westcliff (Calif.) | Sr. | Ludwigsburg, Germany |
| Noah Rockstroh | William Carey (Miss.) | Sr. | Markdorf, Germany |
| Jacobi Bain | Xavier (La.) | Jr. | Nassau, Bahamas |
| VanDer Woody | Xavier (La.) | So. | Baltimore, Md. |
| Nereo Suarez | Xavier (La.) | So. | Santa Fe, Argentina |