DENVER - The 2015-2016 All-WAC teams have been named, following a vote of the WAC's six head coaches. Missouri-Kansas City's Airam Castellano headlines the awards, earning WAC Player of the Year honors, while Grand Canyon's Mathieu Rajaonah was named WAC Freshman of the Year and Grand Canyon's Gregory Prudhomme earned WAC Coach of the Year honors.
Castellano was the pick for WAC Player of the Year after going 5-0 at #1 in singles WAC play and 4-1 at #1 in doubles WAC play, teaming up with Mike Psarros. He was named WAC Player of the Month in October and was named WAC Player of the Week two times this season.
Rajaonah earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors after going 5-0 at #4 singles in conference matches and 17-3 overall.
Prudhomme was named WAC Coach of the Year after leading the ‘Lopes to a three-way tie for the regular season title finishing 4-1 in league play. He led the men's team to a 14-8 overall record.
The complete WAC teams are listed below.
First Team All-WAC Singles
Airam Castellano, Missouri-Kansas City
Christofer Goncalves, NM State
Mathieu Rajaonah, Grand Canyon
Juan Cruz Soria, UT Rio Grande Valley
Uldis Gaismins, Missouri-Kansas City
Meidy Chazeau, Grand Canyon
First Team All-WAC Doubles
Felix Schueller/Alexander Roggenkamp, Grand Canyon
Amaury Navette/Uldis Gaismins, Missouri-Kansas City
Mike Psarros/Airam Castellano, Missouri-Kansas City
Second Team All-WAC Singles
Justin Cvitanovic, Grand Canyon
Strahinja Trecakov, NM State
Stijn de Haan, NM State
Felix Schueller, Grand Canyon
Liam Goldberg, NM State
Mitch Maroscher, Grand Canyon
Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Adrian Legarreta/Gregoire Balenci, Grand Canyon
Gabriel Niculescu/Christian Gonzalez, Chicago State
Mauri Benitez/Enrique Asmar, NM State
Player of the Year: Airam Castellano, Missouri-Kansas City
Freshman of the Year: Mathieu Rajaonah, Grand Canyon
Coach of the Year: Gregory Prudhomme, Grand Canyon