Du Besse, Smith Named Men’s Tennis All-SAC

ROCK HILL, S.C. - In men's tennis, Mars Hill's Alessandro Du Besse and Koeche Smith were named South Atlantic Conference First Team All-Conference, the league announced today.

Du Besse, from Rome Italy, went 10-6 overall and 6-2 in the South Atlantic Conference at No. 1 singles.

Smith, who comes from Nassau, Bahamas, was 9-7 overall and 6-2 in the league at No. 2 singles.

Lincoln Memorial University's Hannes Ganss was named Player of the Year. LMU's Philipp Hoffmann was named Freshman of the Year. Lincoln Memorial head coach Benny Collins was named Coach of the Year.

The All-Conference team is selected by the league's head coaches.

The awards will be presented Friday after the women's semifinals matches of the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament. The tournament is being played at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C.

2010 MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

FIRST TEAM
Scott McCormick, Brevard
Hannes Ganss, Lincoln Memorial
Bastian Guenther, Lincoln Memorial
Philipp Hoffmann, Lincoln Memorial
Alessandro Du Besse, Mars Hill
Koeche Smith, Mars Hill
Bruno Pudence, Wingate
Matt Lichtenstein, Wingate

SECOND TEAM
Rodolfo Schwarz, Carson-Newman
Trent Slagle, Carson-Newman
Hernando Saavedra, Lenoir-Rhyne
Steven Lin, Tusculum
Henrique Rodrigues, Tusculum
Luis Zamora, Tusculum
Flavio Rathsam, Wingate
Braeden Patchell, Wingate

Player of the Year - Hannes Ganss, Lincoln Memorial

Freshman of the Year - Philipp Hoffmann, Lincoln Memorial

Coach of the Year - Benny Collins, Lincoln Memorial

Scholar-Athlete - Henrique Rodrigues, Tusculum

Senior Awards
Brevard:
Andrew Thompson
Travis Wireback

Carson Newman:
Jack Harvie

Catawba:
Cyle Petersen
Kyle Thortsen

Lenoir-Rhyne:
Brian Reid

Lincoln Memorial:
Bastian Guenther
Hannes Ganss
Zack Jones
Andras Pauko
Gabor Szabo

Mars Hill:
Koeche Smith
Alessandro du Besse

Newberry:
Lucas Mattos
Maxim Sukharev
Jeremy Smith
Pavle Popovic
Samuel Cartin
Scott Busbee

Tusculum:
Henrique Rodrigues