Lion tennis sees Young honored, eight mentioned as Academic All-MSC

April 19, 2023

MSC Press Release

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The 2023 Mid-South Conference Men's Tennis Champions of Character team has been released, conference officials announced on Wednesday.

The MSC recognizes a Champions of Character Team for each championship sport. The student-athletes that are honored on the Champions of Character Team were nominated by their coaches based on their leadership on campus and in the community while demonstrating the five core character values of the NAIA.

Bethel's (Tenn.) Ethan Nichols, Campbellsville's (Ky.) Nicolas Andrade, Cumberland's (Tenn.) Daniel Wessels, Cumberlands' (Ky.) Quentin Villetorte, Freed-Hardeman's (Tenn.) Brayden Young, Georgetown's (Ky.) Tsugunosuke Hirose, Lindsey Wilson's (Ky.) Anatoliy Voloshyn, Pikeville's (Ky.) Martin Lorenzo, Shawnee State's (Ohio) Duarte Melo, Tennessee Southern Felipe Dias  and Thomas More's (Ky.) Jackson Poulos were all honored with the recognition.
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A total of 46 Mid-South Conference men's tennis student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors, conference officials announced on Tuesday.

In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status.

Cumberland (Tenn.) had the most conference honorees with nine. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) had the second most with eight.

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Men's Tennis Academic All-Conference: