2014 big west men's tennis - Big West Conference
2014 BIG WEST MEN'S TENNIS
Big West Conference - 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, CA 92606 Contact: Mike Villamor (Assistant Commissioner/External Affairs - Tennis Contact) Phone: (949) 261-2525 • Fax: (949) 261-2528 • email: [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Immediate Release - Tuesday, April 29, 2014
March 10, 2003
Men's Tennis Major Awards Unveiled
Cal Poly, Hawai‘i Earn Top Men's Tennis Awards
IRVINE, CA – Cal Poly and Hawai‘i highlighted the announcement of the 2014 men's tennis all-conference team. The
Mustangs had Nick Carless tabbed as Big West Coach of the Year and Ben Donovan Freshman of the Year, while the Rainbow Warriors witnessed Jonathan Brooklyn as the Player of the Year.
Carless became Cal Poly's first Coach of the Year honoree after leading the Mustangs to the Big West Tournament championship. The third-year mentor led the second-seeded Mustangs to victories over No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara and No. 1 seed Hawai‘i to wrap up the program's second tournament crown in three years. The tournament title locked in Cal Poly as the Big West's automatic representative to the NCAA Tournament, marking the program's third overall postseason appearance and the second under Carless. The championship run culminated an incredible turnaround for the Mustangs. After starting the season 0-7, the Mustangs rebounded to win seven of their next eight matches. A setback to Hawai‘i in a Big West regular season match on March 24 started a four-game skid, but the Mustangs recovered to win four straight, including the tourney finals win against UH that avenged the earlier 6-1 loss. Carless led Cal Poly to a second place finish in the Big West regular season race with a 4-1 mark. For the fourth time in the last six years, Cal Poly is home to the Freshman of the Year. Donovan, who hails from Germantown, Tenn, joined Andre Dome (2009), Jordan Bridge (2010) and current teammate Marco Comuzzo (2011) on that list. Donovan posted a 12-7 overall record in dual matches, including a 6-2 mark at the No. 1 spot. Donovan notched a huge straight sets victory over Brooklyn in the Big West Tournament final to help the Mustangs record the 4-1 win. Donovan also won his semifinal match against UC Santa Barbara's Ziad Sultan. Hawai‘i captured its first major men's tennis honor as a Big West member with the selection of Brooklyn as Player of the Year. The native of Hillingdon, England collected a 9-8 record as the exclusive No. 1 player for the Rainbow Warriors. He helped UH finish 4-0 during the Big West regular season and earn the championship. He was victorious in singles in all four of those conference matches, including wins over fellow first-team all-league selections in Donovan and Alec Adamson of UC Davis. Brooklyn also had a three-set victory over Robin Cambier of No. 27-ranked Oregon on March 26. The complete listing of the 2014 Big West All-Conference Team is on the next page:
2014 BIG WEST MEN’S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FIRST TEAM - SINGLES Player Alec Adamson Jonathan Brooklyn Marco Comuzzo Jurgen De Jager Ben Donovan Tobias Galskov James Wade
School UC Davis Hawai’i Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara UC Davis
Yr. Hometown Fr. Corona del Mar, Calif. Sr. Hillingdon, England Sr. Auckland, New Zealand Sr. Stellenbosh, South Africa Fr. Germantown, Tenn. Jr. Lyngby, Denmark Fr. San Marino, Calif.
School UC Riverside UC Irvine UC Davis UC Irvine Hawai‘i UC Santa Barbara
Yr. Hometown Fr. Seal Beach, Calif. Sr. Irvine, Calif. Sr. Pacific Grove, Calif. So. San Diego, Calif. Jr. Karlstadt, Germany Jr. Hawalli, Kuwait
School UC Irvine UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Hawai‘i
Yr. Hometown Jr. Hamburg, Germany So. Placentia, Calif. Fr. Lund, Sweden Jr. Kapa'a, Kaua'i, Hawai‘i
School Cal Poly UC Davis UC Santa Barbara Hawai‘i
Yr. Hometown Sr./Sr. Auckland, New Zealand./Hatfield, Hertfordshire, U.K. Fr./So. Corona del Mar, Calif./Solana Beach, Calif. Jr./Jr. Lyngby, Denmark/Hawalli, Kuwait Jr./Sr. Karlstadt, Germany/Lacey, Wash.
School Cal Poly UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside Hawai’i
Yr. Hometown Fr./Jr. Redwood City, Calif./Atascadero, Calif. So./Sr. Newcastle, Calif./Salinas, Calif. So./So. Placentia, Calif./San Diego, Calif. Fr./Fr. Seal Beach, Calif./Manhattan Beach, Calif. Sr./Jr. Hillingdon, England/Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai‘i
School UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara
Yr. Hometown Sr./So. Irvine, Calif./Placentia, Calif. Jr./Fr. Solvang, Calif./Lund, Sweden
SECOND TEAM - SINGLES Player Cooper Bridge Ryan Cheung Kyle Miller Tyler Pham Nils Schuhmann Ziad Sultan
HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES Player Rafael Davidian Jonathan Hammel Erik Johnsson Chas Okamoto
FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES
Player Marco Comuzzo/Matt Thomson Alec Adamson/Adam Levie Tobias Galskov/Ziad Sultan Nils Schuhmann/David Schuster
SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Player Corey Pang/Devin Barber Brett Bacharach/Adam Luba Jonathan Hammel/Tyler Pham Cooper Bridge/Michael Carella Jonathan Brooklyn/Carter Lam
HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES Player Ryan Cheung/Jonathan Hammel Miles Seemann/Erik Johnsson
2014 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jonathan Brooklyn, Hawai‘i
2014 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Ben Donovan, Cal Poly
2014 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR Nick Carless, Cal Poly
Big West Conference - 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, CA 92606 Contact: Mike Villamor (Assistant Commissioner/External Affairs - Tennis Contact) Phone: (949) 261-2525 • Fax: (949) 261-2528 • email: [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Immediate Release - Tuesday, April 29, 2014
March 10, 2003
Men's Tennis Major Awards Unveiled
Cal Poly, Hawai‘i Earn Top Men's Tennis Awards
IRVINE, CA – Cal Poly and Hawai‘i highlighted the announcement of the 2014 men's tennis all-conference team. The
Mustangs had Nick Carless tabbed as Big West Coach of the Year and Ben Donovan Freshman of the Year, while the Rainbow Warriors witnessed Jonathan Brooklyn as the Player of the Year.
Carless became Cal Poly's first Coach of the Year honoree after leading the Mustangs to the Big West Tournament championship. The third-year mentor led the second-seeded Mustangs to victories over No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara and No. 1 seed Hawai‘i to wrap up the program's second tournament crown in three years. The tournament title locked in Cal Poly as the Big West's automatic representative to the NCAA Tournament, marking the program's third overall postseason appearance and the second under Carless. The championship run culminated an incredible turnaround for the Mustangs. After starting the season 0-7, the Mustangs rebounded to win seven of their next eight matches. A setback to Hawai‘i in a Big West regular season match on March 24 started a four-game skid, but the Mustangs recovered to win four straight, including the tourney finals win against UH that avenged the earlier 6-1 loss. Carless led Cal Poly to a second place finish in the Big West regular season race with a 4-1 mark. For the fourth time in the last six years, Cal Poly is home to the Freshman of the Year. Donovan, who hails from Germantown, Tenn, joined Andre Dome (2009), Jordan Bridge (2010) and current teammate Marco Comuzzo (2011) on that list. Donovan posted a 12-7 overall record in dual matches, including a 6-2 mark at the No. 1 spot. Donovan notched a huge straight sets victory over Brooklyn in the Big West Tournament final to help the Mustangs record the 4-1 win. Donovan also won his semifinal match against UC Santa Barbara's Ziad Sultan. Hawai‘i captured its first major men's tennis honor as a Big West member with the selection of Brooklyn as Player of the Year. The native of Hillingdon, England collected a 9-8 record as the exclusive No. 1 player for the Rainbow Warriors. He helped UH finish 4-0 during the Big West regular season and earn the championship. He was victorious in singles in all four of those conference matches, including wins over fellow first-team all-league selections in Donovan and Alec Adamson of UC Davis. Brooklyn also had a three-set victory over Robin Cambier of No. 27-ranked Oregon on March 26. The complete listing of the 2014 Big West All-Conference Team is on the next page:
2014 BIG WEST MEN’S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FIRST TEAM - SINGLES Player Alec Adamson Jonathan Brooklyn Marco Comuzzo Jurgen De Jager Ben Donovan Tobias Galskov James Wade
School UC Davis Hawai’i Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara UC Davis
Yr. Hometown Fr. Corona del Mar, Calif. Sr. Hillingdon, England Sr. Auckland, New Zealand Sr. Stellenbosh, South Africa Fr. Germantown, Tenn. Jr. Lyngby, Denmark Fr. San Marino, Calif.
School UC Riverside UC Irvine UC Davis UC Irvine Hawai‘i UC Santa Barbara
Yr. Hometown Fr. Seal Beach, Calif. Sr. Irvine, Calif. Sr. Pacific Grove, Calif. So. San Diego, Calif. Jr. Karlstadt, Germany Jr. Hawalli, Kuwait
School UC Irvine UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Hawai‘i
Yr. Hometown Jr. Hamburg, Germany So. Placentia, Calif. Fr. Lund, Sweden Jr. Kapa'a, Kaua'i, Hawai‘i
School Cal Poly UC Davis UC Santa Barbara Hawai‘i
Yr. Hometown Sr./Sr. Auckland, New Zealand./Hatfield, Hertfordshire, U.K. Fr./So. Corona del Mar, Calif./Solana Beach, Calif. Jr./Jr. Lyngby, Denmark/Hawalli, Kuwait Jr./Sr. Karlstadt, Germany/Lacey, Wash.
School Cal Poly UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside Hawai’i
Yr. Hometown Fr./Jr. Redwood City, Calif./Atascadero, Calif. So./Sr. Newcastle, Calif./Salinas, Calif. So./So. Placentia, Calif./San Diego, Calif. Fr./Fr. Seal Beach, Calif./Manhattan Beach, Calif. Sr./Jr. Hillingdon, England/Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai‘i
School UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara
Yr. Hometown Sr./So. Irvine, Calif./Placentia, Calif. Jr./Fr. Solvang, Calif./Lund, Sweden
SECOND TEAM - SINGLES Player Cooper Bridge Ryan Cheung Kyle Miller Tyler Pham Nils Schuhmann Ziad Sultan
HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES Player Rafael Davidian Jonathan Hammel Erik Johnsson Chas Okamoto
FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES
Player Marco Comuzzo/Matt Thomson Alec Adamson/Adam Levie Tobias Galskov/Ziad Sultan Nils Schuhmann/David Schuster
SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Player Corey Pang/Devin Barber Brett Bacharach/Adam Luba Jonathan Hammel/Tyler Pham Cooper Bridge/Michael Carella Jonathan Brooklyn/Carter Lam
HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES Player Ryan Cheung/Jonathan Hammel Miles Seemann/Erik Johnsson
2014 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jonathan Brooklyn, Hawai‘i
2014 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Ben Donovan, Cal Poly
2014 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR Nick Carless, Cal Poly
