Six Men's Tennis Players Honored by Lone Star Conference

ARLINGTON, Texas – At the Lone Star Conference Championship banquet, six different St. Mary's Men's Tennis student-athletes were honored on the 2022 All-Conference Teams.
 
Sophomore Nicolas Llosa (Lima, Peru) was named to the All-Academic Team and an honorable mention selection at both singles and doubles with partner Niklas Knoerr (Tübingen, Germany), who was also on the honorable mention singles list. The pair is 12-2, primarily at No. 2 doubles, while Llosa is 15-2 in singles duals and went 4-1 against Lone Star foes. Knoerr sports an 11-5 dual mark and finished 4-2 in league play.
 
Sophomore Oskar Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia) earned a spot on the Singles Second Team, while fellow newcomer Chad Nguyen (College Station, Texas) was honored on the league's Sportsmanship Team. Irdoja posted the team's best conference record, going 5-2 and he's 15-4 this spring. Nguyen has played No. 1 singles all season and is 11-7 in duals.
 
Doubles partners Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio) and Pablo Munoz Baroja (San Sebastián, Spain) were also tabbed on the honorable mention doubles squad, while Baroja is an honorable mention singles pick as well. The pair, who spent a majority of the season as the Rattlers No. 1 team is 10-5 and Baroja is 9-6 in singles action.
 
"We are very proud of everyone's accomplishments this year," Director of Tennis Bill Macom stated. "We are looking forward to more as the season wraps up."
 
The Rattlers earned the fourth-seed at the Lone Star Championship, which begins on Thursday, April 28 at the Arlington Tennis Center.
 
2022 LSC MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
SPECIAL AWARDS
Player of the Year: Alex Martinez Roca, Midwestern State
Sportsmanship Player of the Year: Jonathan Vega, Western New Mexico             
Senior of the Year: Alex Martinez Roca, Midwestern State
Newcomer of the Year: Tomas Almeida, Cameron
Freshman of the Year: Thomas Cardona, Cameron
Coach of the Year: Alex Hunt, Western New Mexico
 
ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
Player                                        Team                                  Year           Major                                                              Hometown
Aaron Capone                       DBU                                    Jr.                Math                                                                Burleson, Texas
Ben Westwick                        Midwestern State         Jr.                Mechanical Engineering                          Houston, Texas
Nicolas Llosa                          St. Mary's                         So.              Finance & Risk Management                Lima, Peru
Enrique Sanchez                   UT Permian Basin          Sr.               Computer Sciences                                    Muriedas, Spain
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil       UT Tyler                             Jr.                Management                                               Majadahonda, Spain
Egor Shestakov                     UT Tyler                             So.              Economics                                                     Kaliningrad, Russia
 
LSC Men's Tennis Academic Player of the Year: Enrique Sanchez, UT Permian Basin
 

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SINGLES
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Tomas Almeida	Cameron	So.	Vilo Nova De Gaia, Portugal
Thomas Cardona	Cameron	Fr.	Medellin, Colombia
Alex Martinez Roca	Midwestern State	Sr.	Castelldefels, Spain
Joaquin Bianchi	UT Tyler	Jr.	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil	UT Tyler	Jr.	Majadahonda, Spain
Jonathan Vega	Western New Mexico	So.	Fort Worth, Texas
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM DOUBLES
Alex Martinez Roca	Midwestern State	Sr.	Castelldefels, Spain
Ben Westwick	Midwestern State	Jr.	Houston, Texas
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil	UT Tyler	Jr.	Majadahonda, Spain
Moritz Mayer	UT Tyler	Fr.	Eutingen im Gäu, Germany
Jonathan Vega	Western New Mexico	So.	Fort Worth, Texas
Javier Romero	Western New Mexico	Fr.	Estado de Mexico, Mexico
ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM SINGLES
Grant Mckenzie	DBU	Sr.	Houston, Texas
Ben Westwick	Midwestern State	Jr.	Houston, Texas
Oskar Irdoja	St. Mary's	So.	Tallinn, Estonia
Enrique Sanchez	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Muriedas, Spain
Moritz Mayer	UT Tyler	Fr.	Eutingen im Gäu, Germany
Yudai Watanabe	UT Tyler	So.	Yokohama, Japan
ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM DOUBLES
Thomas Cardona	Cameron	Fr.	Medellin, Colombia
Tomas Almeida	Cameron	So.	Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal
Brice Bradshaw	Midwestern State	So.	Hoover, Ala.
Corbin Ford	Midwestern State	Fr.	Rockwall, Texas
Joaquin Bianchi	UT Tyler	Jr.	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jonas Dixon	UT Tyler	Jr.	Stockholm, Sweden
HONORABLE MENTION SINGLES
Carlos Vidal	Cameron	So.	Girona, Spain
Gabe Garrido	DBU	Sr.	Amarillo, Texas
Marcal Miret Avante	Midwestern State	Fr.	Barcelona, Spain
Niklas Knoerr	St. Mary's	Fr.	Tubingen, Germany
Nicolas Llosa	St. Mary's	So.	Lima, Peru
Pablo Munoz Baroja	St. Mary's	Grad.	San Sebatian, Spain
Patryk Kosniski	UT Permian Basin	Jr.	Pilchowo, Poland
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION DOUBLES
Aaron Capone	DBU	Jr.	Burleson, Texas
Ricardo Carvajalino	DBU	Fr.	Fort Worth, Texas
Niklas Knoerr	St. Mary's	Fr.	Tubingen, Germany
Nicolas Llosa	St. Mary's	So.	Lima, Peru
Jake Faryniarz	St. Mary's	So.	San Antonio, Texas
Pablo Munoz-Baroja	St. Mary's	Grad.	San Sebastian, Spain
2022 LSC MEN'S TENNIS SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Name	Team	Year	Hometown
Tomas Almeida	Cameron	So.	Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal
Gabe Garrido	DBU	Sr.	Amarillo, Texas
Brice Bradshaw	Midwestern State	So.	Hoover, Ala.
Chad Nguyen	St. Mary's	Grad.	College Station, Texas
Daniel Borrero	UAFS	Sr.	Columbia
Enrique Sanchez	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Muriedas, Spain
Yudai Watanabe	UT Tyler	So.	Yokohama, Japan
Jonathan Vega	Western New Mexico	So.	Fort Worth, Texas