Men’s Tennis Honors Released for 2017
Donnie Smith
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—The Sun Conference released its 2017 men’s tennis honors at the annual conference tournament banquet, held at the Crandon Park Players’ Lounge.
Southeastern University senior David Veliz was named The Sun Conference Player of the Year. The senior from Chile was 8-1 this season and was undefeated in The Sun Conference in singles play. Additionally, he teamed with Hugo Pires to go unbeaten at #1 Doubles.
Regular season Keiser champion Keiser placed all six of its starters on the two all-conference teams. Arthur Bonnaud, Clement Raymond, Bastien Sorg, and Julian Turosienski received First-Team honors for the Seahawks.
Also receiving first-team honors were Rafael Coutinho and Francisco Perafan of Warner.
Turosienski and Romai Ugarte were named the Doubles Team of the Year, compiling a 24-4 overall record this season. They were a perfect 5-0 in Sun Conference matches, and went 17-1
Bruce Carrington was selected by his peers as The Sun Conference Coach of the Year, guiding the Bobcats of St. Thomas to a second-place finish in the league, after missing out on the conference tournament in 2016.
Southeastern’s Aaron Skingley was selected as the Champion of Character for his work in two different children’s ministries, and his service on the athletic leadership team. A two-year captain for the Fire, Skingley also volunteers with the Dream Center of Lakeland and serves breakfast to the homeless.
A total of 18 players were selected to the Academic All-Conference team. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with two semesters complete at their institution, and carry a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. SCAD-Savannah led the league with eight recipients.
2017 Sun Conference Men’s Tennis Awards
First-Team
Arthur Bonnaud, Keiser
Rafael Coutinho, Warner
Francisco Perafan, Warner
Clement Raymond, Keiser
Bastien Sorg, Keiser
Julian Turosienski, Keiser
David Veliz, Southeastern
Second-Team
Dimitri Bird, St. Thomas
Kevin Cubela, St. Thomas
Jermaine Le Grand, St. Thomas
Daiki Naka, SCAD-Savannah
Shaquille Taylor, Keiser
Romai Ugarte, Keiser
Player of the Year
David Veliz, Southeastern
Doubles Team of the Year
Romai Ugarte & Julian Turosienski, Keiser
Coach of the Year
Bruce Carrington, St. Thomas
Champion of Character
Aaron Skingley, Southeastern
Academic All-Conference
Samuel Perenich, Ave Maria
Tucker Fischer, Ave Maria
John Towey, Ave Maria
Guilherme Cunha, Keiser
Mateo Fernandez, SCAD Savannah
Sean Hajdu, SCAD Savannah
Luis Eduardo Jimenez, SCAD Savannah
Yulin Liu, SCAD Savannah
Daiki Naka, SCAD Savannah
Kosta Sevic, SCAD Savannah
Quentin Staley, SCAD Savannah
Josh Tewes-McCoy, SCAD Savannah
Noah Rawls, Southeastern
Matthew Scales, Southeastern
David Veliz, Southeastern
Michele Coletta, St. Thomas
Arthur Bortolin Da Silveira, Warner
Lucas Bortolin Da Silveira, Warner