ATLANTA – Benedict men’s tennis team highlighted the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) all-conference honors with
Nathanial Pinkney being named the Player of the Year, voted on by the league coaches and sports information directors, announced Wednesday by the conference.
Quentin Eloise (Benedict) was selected as the Freshman of the Year and
Gary Taylor of Benedict was tabbed as Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Pickney, a junior from South Haven, Miss., finished the regular season with a 9-10 record as the No. 1 singles player for Benedict. He was 8-1 in conference matches where he recorded a 7-1 mark in the top spot and was 1-0 in the No. 2 position.
Eloise, a native of Martinique, France finished with an overall record of 14-4 and was undefeated in the SIAC with a 10-0 mark at the No. 2 spot.
Taylor led the Tigers to a 14-9 overall record this season. Benedict earned the top seed heading into this week’s conference tournament after posting an unblemished 13-0 record in the SIAC this year.
Joining Pickney and Eloise on the singles first team are
Zibusiso Ndimande (Benedict), Bastian Sanson (Stillman), Yonwaba Pupuma (Stillman), and
Everett Reese (Morehouse).
The doubles first team consists
of Pinkney/Eloise (Benedict), Reese/Rasheed Slade (Morehouse), and
Sanson/Fernando Garcia (Stillman).
Benedict had a trio of players on the singles second team in
Justin Payton, Juan Hernandez, and
Malek Selmen.
Terrell Green and Slade of Morehouse were also second team selections while Tuskegee’s
Oshane Trail completed the team.
The doubles second team included the duos of
Martin Jaramillo/Andrew Risley (Spring Hill), PJ Stamps/Brandon Sanders (Morehouse), and
Payton/Juan Hernandez (Benedict).
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2016 Men’s Tennis All-Conference Honors
Player of the Year: Nathaniel Pickney, Benedict
Freshman of the Year: Quentin Eloise, Benedict
Coach of the Year: Gary Taylor, Benedict
Singles First Team
| Nathanial Pinkney |
Benedict |
| Quentin Eloise |
Benedict |
| Zibusiso Ndimande |
Benedict |
| Bastian Sanson |
Stillman |
| Yonwaba Pupuma |
Stillman |
| Everett Reese |
Morehouse |
Doubles First Team
| Nathanial Pinkney/Quentin Eloise |
Benedict |
| Everett Reese/Rasheed Slade |
Morehouse |
| Fernando Garcia/Bastian Sanson |
Stillman |
Singles Second Team
| Justin Payton |
Benedict |
| Juan Hernandez |
Benedict |
| Malek Selmen |
Benedict |
| Terrell Green |
Morehouse |
| Rasheed Slade |
Morehouse |
| Oshane Trail |
Tuskegee |
Doubles Second Team
| Martin Jaramillo/Andrew Risley |
Spring Hill |
| PJ Stamps/Brandon Sanders |
Morehouse |
| Justin Payton/Juan Hernandez |
Benedict |