University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Daniel Kripak Selected to Big South All-Academic Team
04.17.2015 | Men's Tennis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced its annual men's tennis award winners on Friday evening, with UNC Asheville's Daniel Kripak earning a spot on the league's All-Academic team.
Kripak, a junior from Ashdod, Isreal is an economics major who is also seeking a minor in Math. He boasts a 3.908 GPA and plays No. 1 singles on the court for Asheville. This season, he went 11-6 overall in dual matches and 9-3 in doubles play for the Bulldogs.
Radford senior Patrick O'Keefe (Salem, Va.) has been voted the Big South Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year, while Liberty head coach Chris Johnson was tabbed the League's Coach of the Year by the Conference's head coaches, it was announced today by the Conference office. Campbell's Lukas Schaefer(Germany) was honored as Freshman of the Year, while the League's sports information directors voted Winthrop University senior Peter Nagovanak (Austria) as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Also announced Friday were the Men's Flight Winners, the All-Conference Singles and Doubles Award winners and the All-Academic Team. The Big South Conference Men's Tennis Championship begins Saturday at Asheville Racquet Club.
2015 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AND AWARD WINNERS
Men's Tennis Flight Winners
No. 1 Singles: Patrick O'Keefe, Radford
No. 2 Singles: Sam Matheson, Liberty
No. 3 Singles: Lukas Schaefer, Campbell
No. 4 Singles: Korhan Ates, Gardner-Webb
No. 5 Singles: Brendan Dempsey, Gardner-Webb
Danny Bruce, Presbyterian
No. 6 Singles: Ben Kelley, Presbyterian
No. 1 Doubles: Kaue Pereira and Philippe Tsangarides, Coastal Carolina
No. 2 Doubles: Ben Kelley and Joel Roberts, Presbyterian
No. 3 Doubles: Steven Billington and Nicolas Rakitin, Campbell
Singles All-Conference
Patrick O'Keefe, Radford
Steven Billington, Campbell
Philippe Tsangarides, Coastal Carolina
Sam Mateson, Liberty
Tremayne Mitchell, Winthrop
Dylan Comerford, Winthrop
Dan Elston, Longwood
Kaue Pereira, Coastal Carolina
Doubles All-Conference
Philippe Tsangarides and Kaue Pereira, Coastal Carolina
Dylan Comerford and Peter Nagovnak, Winthrop
Ben Kelley and Joel Roberts, Presbyterian
Ernest Alberch and Nikita Zverkov, Gardner-Webb
All-Academic
Adrien Rossignon, Campbell
Renan Samed, Coastal Carolina
Brendan Dempsey, Gardner-Webb
Jorge Azuero, Liberty
Dan Elston, Longwood
Diego Manzanas, Presbyterian
Javier Waase, Radford
Daniel Kripak, UNC Asheville
Peter Nagovanak, Winthrop
Player of the Year
Patrick O'Keefe, Radford
Freshman of the Year
Lukas Schaefer, Campbell
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Peter Nagovanak, Winthrop
Coach of the Year
Chris Johnson, Liberty
