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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The 2017 All-WAC men's tennis teams have been named, following a vote of the WAC's six head coaches. NM State's Christofer Goncalves headlines the awards, earning WAC Player of the Year honors, while Grand Canyon's Lorenzo Fucile was named WAC Freshman of the Year and NM State's Carlos Vargas earned WAC Coach of the Year honors.
Goncalves was named WAC Player of the Year after going 5-0 at No. 1 singles in WAC play, winning all of his matches in straight sets. He also went 4-1 at No. 1 doubles in league play with partner Luis Flores. He was named WAC Player of the Month for both October and November and was named WAC Player of the Week three times in the spring.
Fucile earns WAC Freshman of the Year honors after going 4-0 at Nos. 3 and 4 singles in WAC matches. He also went undefeated in WAC play with partner Valentin Lang at No. 3 doubles. He was named WAC Player of the Week on March 21.
Vargas earns WAC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after leading NM State to its third-straight WAC regular-season title and second undefeated run in conference play in the last three years as the Aggies went 5-0.
The complete All-WAC teams are listed below.
First Team All-WAC Singles
Airam Castellano, UMKC
Stijn de Haan, NM State
Lorenzo Fucile, Grand Canyon
Christofer Goncalves, NM State
Francois Musitelli, Grand Canyon
Mathieu Rajaonah, Grand Canyon
First Team All-WAC Doubles
Christofer Goncalves/Luis Flores, NM State
Gonzalo Martinez/Christian Gonzalez, Chicago State
Mike Psarros/Airam Castellano, UMKC
Second Team All-WAC Singles
Enrique Asmar, NM State
Mauri Benitez, NM State
Sergi Espias, NM State
Luis Flores, NM State
Valentin Lang, Grand Canyon
Felix Savard, Chicago State
Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Stijn de Haan/Mauri Benitez, NM State
Lorenzo Fucile/Valentin Lang, Grand Canyon
Koby Jansen/Clément Sarradin, UT Rio Grande Valley
Player of the Year: Christofer Goncalves, NM State
Freshman of the Year: Lorenzo Fucile, Grand Canyon
Coach of the Year: Carlos Vargas, NM State